I can't belive am fixing to post a Javascript solution. Maybe I'll get shot, but since it looks like it can't be done in Perl, here goes . . .

First off, this is only for one text box. 

<body onLoad='document.formFoo.txtFoo.value=""'>
<form name="formFoo">
<input type=text name="txtFoo">
</form>
</body>

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It's a hack, but hey . . .

The concept is to set the controls to a default value when the document is loaded. If you want to clear a text box, just use the empty string. For radio buttons and check boxes, you have to turn them on/off explicitly.

This could get nasty if you have a lot of controls to 'reset'

UPDATE: see Zoogie's reply below ->

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Browser Manipulation by jeffa
in thread Browser Manipulation by vtprogrammer

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