I have button in html
<input type="button" value="Clear"> <textarea id='output' rows=20 cols=90></textarea> If I have an external javascript (.js) function, what should I write?
- also can do as general $('textarea').val('').Syed Mohamed– Syed Mohamed2014-06-24 04:28:22 +00:00Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 4:28
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Change in your html with adding the function on the button click
<input type="button" value="Clear" onclick="javascript:eraseText();"> <textarea id='output' rows=20 cols=90></textarea> Try this in your js file:
function eraseText() { document.getElementById("output").value = ""; } answered Apr 12, 2013 at 10:25
Alessandro Minoccheri
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pc_
By far most elegant and simple.
You need to attach a click event handler and clear the contents of the textarea from that handler.
HTML
<input type="button" value="Clear" id="clear"> <textarea id='output' rows=20 cols=90></textarea> JS
var input = document.querySelector('#clear'); var textarea = document.querySelector('#output'); input.addEventListener('click', function () { textarea.value = ''; }, false); and here's the working demo.
Using the jQuery library, you can do:
<input type="button" value="Clear" onclick="javascript: functionName();" > You just need to set the onclick event, call your desired function on this onclick event.
function functionName() { $("#output").val(""); } Above function will set the value of text area to empty string.
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t.niese
if you use a library that is not mention by the question you should tell which one you use. for an
onclick the javascript: prefix is not required because it is already clear that it is javascript. anyway if you recommend a library like jquery, you probably also should show how to do add event listeners with that library instead of mixing them into the html code.Your Html
<input type="button" value="Clear" onclick="clearContent()"> <textarea id='output' rows=20 cols=90></textarea> Your Javascript
function clearContent() { document.getElementById("output").value=''; } 
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You can simply use the ID attribute to the form and attach the <textarea> tag to the form like this:
<form name="commentform" action="#" method="post" target="_blank" id="1321"> <textarea name="forcom" cols="40" rows="5" form="1321" maxlength="188"> Enter your comment here... </textarea> <input type="submit" value="OK"> <input type="reset" value="Clear"> </form> 
