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Subject: Re: radio buttons with. checkbox
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:20:57 -0400
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On 2012-08-20 10:25 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> emf wrote:
>
>> On 2012-08-18 13:18 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>
>> And instead of
>> <input type="reset"...> I now use
>>
>> <input type="button" ... onclick="clearValues()>
>
> Another bad idea.  You can keep the reset button (if you must) *and* use an
> event-handler attribute on it.

However, according to the W3schools.com

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_type.asp

Attribute Values

Value   Description

button	Defines a clickable button (mostly used with a JavaScript to
	activate a script)
reset 	Defines a reset button. A reset button resets all form fields
	to their initial values

The description of button makes explicit reference to javascript. The 
reset button is used to reset all form fields. It doesn't seem logical 
to me to use the reset and then go on to annul its html effects by 
specifying what will happen with onclick.

Anyway, the issue is an academic one; as long as one includes an 
onclick, it doesn't make any difference whether the type is button or reset.

emf

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