Question

I am devloping a web app using Drupal. My form contains two buttons, “Submit” and “Clear.” If When click the “Clear” button, I want to skip all the validations, including the required field validation. Is there any way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

When I need a form reset button this is what I do.

In your form (or form_alter) code add the following:

`$form['clear'] = array(
          '#name' => 'reset',
          '#type' => 'submit',
          '#value' => t('Reset'),
          '#id' => 'edit-reset-button',
          '#validate' => array('form_clear'),
      );`

Add the clear function (uses a simple unset and redirect):

`function form_clear($form, &$form_state) {
   $form_state['rebuild'] = TRUE;
   unset($form_state['values']);
   drupal_goto($form['#action']);
 }`