Ok, I found the answer. It's by putting in the entry ' autocomplete="off" ' in the <form element that does not allow previous values to be accessed. This is the behavior I was looking for.
But thanks Dave. >From my testing and sample, I probably, like you will be using the FORM construct for this project rather than the SQLFORM libraries ... *Ben Duncan* DBA / Chief Software Architect Mississippi State Supreme Court Electronic Filing Division On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 5:28 PM Dave S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 1:17:50 PM UTC-8, Ben Duncan wrote: >> >> What is the best way to clear a form in web2py after it has been >> submitted. >> >> Thanks >> >> *Ben Duncan* >> DBA / Chief Software Architect >> Mississippi State Supreme Court >> Electronic Filing Division >> > > If you're using the usual FORM() and SQLFORM() helpers, your controller > will either redirect away from the form, or return it again. Unless you > use "keepvalues=True"), the form will be cleared when it is redrawn. Note > that the user's browser may suggest previous input when the user starts > entering values. > > If you're using an HTML FORM tag directly, you may need to refresh the > page. I don't speak from experience (although I've done FORM tags in other > contexts). > > I don't know much about SQLFORM.factory/grid as I've only made limited use > of them. SQLTABLE falls outside your question. > > /dps > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

