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Asked: 2026-06-14T04:43:27+00:00

I cant’t get a simple button to work when it is inside a html

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I cant’t get a simple button to work when it is inside a html form, while it works normally when not inside a html form.

This code doesn’t work:

<head>
    <script langauge="JavaScript">
    function reset(){
        alert('test')
    }
    </script>
</head>

<body>
<form name="nyform">
    <input type="button" value="Reset" onClick="reset()">
</form>
</body>

While this one does:

<head>
    <script langauge="JavaScript">
    function reset(){
        alert('test')
    }
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <input type="button" value="Reset" onClick="reset()">
</body>

What is the reason for this, and how can I correct it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This happens because the function reset() has a different meaning inside a form, and your custom function doesn’t override it. I changed the function name to reset2 and it all worked as expected.

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