I have looked at many other topics on here that are similar to my problem but none of the answers work for me.
I am trying to call a javascript function when a button is clicked but it does nothing.
I hvae tried changing the call to onclick="javascript:ClearFields();" and onclick="ClearFields()" and it doesn't work either.
I have to use a button (not submit) calling javascript
My jsp code is:
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Calculator</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- if the user is logged in then we need to render one version of the page
consequently if the user is logged out we need to render a
different version of the page -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function ClearFields() {
document.getElementById("num1").value = "";
document.getElementById("num2").value = "";
document.getElementById("operator").value = "+";
}
</script>
<c:choose>
<c:when test="${empty user}">
<p>
${msg} <br/>
Would you like to log in? <br/>
<a href="${login_url}">Sign in or register</a> <br/>
</p>
</c:when>
<c:otherwise>
<p>
Welcome ${user.email}
<p/>
<p><h1>Calculator</h1></p>
<!-- form of basic input types -->
<form action="/" method="post">
<table border="0">
<tr><td>
Number 1: <input type="text" name="num1" value="${ans}"/><br/>
</td><td>
Number 2: <input type="text" name="num2" /><br/>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2 align=center>
<select name="operator">
<option value="+"> + </option>
<option value="-"> - </option>
<option value="*"> * </option>
<option value="/"> / </option>
</select>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<!-- Button to submit the form to the servlet when clicked -->
<input type="submit" value="Calculate"/><br/>
</td>
<td align=center>
<input type="button" onclick="ClearFields();" value="Clear"/><br/>
<!-- <input type="button" onclick="ClearFields();" value="Clear"/><br/> -->
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>
<h1> ${msg}</h1>
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<p>
You can signout <a href="${logout_url}">here</a>
</p>
</c:otherwise>
</c:choose>
</body>
</html>
The generated html is
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Calculator</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- if the user is logged in then we need to render one version of the page
consequently if the user is logged out we need to render a
different version of the page -->
<script type="text/javascript">
function ClearFields() {
document.getElementById("num1").value = "";
document.getElementById("num2").value = "";
document.getElementById("operator").value = "+";
}
</script>
<p>
Welcome [email protected]
<p/>
<p><h1>Calculator</h1></p>
<!-- form of basic input types -->
<form action="/" method="post">
<table border="0">
<tr><td>
Number 1: <input type="text" name="num1" value=""/><br/>
</td><td>
Number 2: <input type="text" name="num2" /><br/>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2 align=center>
<select name="operator">
<option value="+"> + </option>
<option value="-"> - </option>
<option value="*"> * </option>
<option value="/"> / </option>
</select>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align=center>
<!-- Button to submit the form to the servlet when clicked -->
<input type="submit" value="Calculate"/><br/>
</td>
<td align=center>
<input type="button" onclick="ClearFields();" value="Clear"/><br/>
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>
<h1> Welcome to the Calculator</h1>
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<p>
You can signout <a href="/_ah/logout?continue=%2F">here</a>
</p>
</body>
</html>
Any ideas where I am going wrong? Could it just be that the page is no resubmitting? It seems to be.
