Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by f00li5h » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:08 AM UTC

Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms
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Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by almost » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:43 AM UTC

I don't think I've seen a reset button in a while. Does anyone still use them?

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Post by bendtheblock » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:51 AM UTC

Good example of implementing a feature because it's easy to do, rather than because it has real utility. Why it's part of the HTML form spec I don't know. Was it ever useful?

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by f00li5h » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:53 AM UTC

almost wrote: post #2

I don't think I've seen a reset button in a while. Does anyone still use them?

a commonly used ticketing system has them, as does a particular bank i know of ...

you'd be surprised to hear that i had a need to use both of them in the same day and they both got me with it...

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by pmr_ » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:53 AM UTC

Dear Cats on the internet, please spellcheck your posts and proofread them before you post your rants to the internet. Otherwise some people might think they are unpleasant to read and possibly wont take them serious.

If you have a "related reading" section you might want to also use it to post some links to those guides. We are here to help each other, aren't we?

And: No, I don't use reset buttons.

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by aj700 » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:55 AM UTC

They still exist and I've pressed them just before thumping the desk.

Is there a greasemonkey script to get the browser to ignore them; are there extensions for any browser to do this without greasemonkey?

or with a user stylesheet?

input[.reset]{display:none;} what is the right css? I haven't used it in a while?

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by hrktb » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 10:55 AM UTC

This seems to ignore the case where a form is pre-filled with previously inputed info or some defaults. It feels more natural to clear the form and write all fields with new infos than to overwrite everying field by field.

now it's a long time I haven't seen a useful reset button.

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by jrockway » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 11:00 AM UTC

pmr_ wrote: post #5

Dear Cats on the internet, please spellcheck your posts and proofread them before you post your rants to the internet. Otherwise some people might think they are unpleasant to read and possibly wont take them serious. If you have a "related reading" section you might want to also use it to post some links to those guides. We are here to help each other, aren't we? And: No, I don't use reset buttons.

unpleasant to read and possibly wont take them serious

Don't you mean, "won't" and "seriously"?

Glass houses, stones, etc., etc.

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by xd » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 11:07 AM UTC

I have a form that can be populated with records from a grid. "reset" allows the user to clear the selected record and input new data.

Re: Dear Internet: Take the reset buttons off your damn forms

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Post by f00li5h » Wed, Apr 13, 2011, 11:08 AM UTC

hrktb wrote: post #7

This seems to ignore the case where a form is pre-filled with previously inputed info or some defaults. It feels more natural to clear the form and write all fields with new infos than to overwrite everying field by field. now it's a long time I haven't seen a useful reset button.

i'm pretty sure your browser's edit boxes support some kind of undo command... one that will only reset the contents of that field, rather than the whole form ...