Ashima Beri wrote:
Hi, I am trying to reset a validator form after the form is submitted and a few of the validations have failed. Reset button used in the form clears out fields changed only since the time the form is loaded. That is it does just the client side reset. One way that i figured out was to submit the form back to the jsp so that the jsp reloads with all the form field reinitialized. Is there some other method of clearing out the form fields after it has failed the validations defined in validation.xml? Thanks in advance for all the valuable suggestions! Ashima Beri
Do you want to clear out the form fields before redisplaying the form after a validation error, or just allow the user to request a reset after the form is redisplayed?
Usually you would want to retain the data the user input after a validation failure, so they can correct mistakes without having to fill the entire form in again. If you really want to reset the form to its starting state before redisplaying, discarding the user's input, then you would need to do that in your validate() method (remember, if you don't already have a validate() method, that when you add one it needs to call super.validate() to trigger the XML-based validation).
If you just want to provide a button the user can click to reset the form, a 'submit' button and round trip through your action is the correct way to do so. As you've realized, a 'reset' button just tells the browser to restore the input values it received the last time the form was loaded.
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