Reset textbox value in javascript

Question

If I have a input textbox like this:

<input type="text" id="searchField" name="searchField" /> 

How can I set the value of the textfield using javascript or jQuery?

You would think this was simple but I've tried the following:

Using defaultvalue

var a = document.getElementById("searchField"); a.value = a.defaultValue; 

Using jQuery

jQuery("#searchField").focus( function() {    $(this).val("");  } ); 

Using js

document.getElementById("searchField").value = ""; 

None of them are doing it... :/

Answer 1

In Javascript :

document.getElementById('searchField').value = ''; 

In jQuery :

$('#searchField').val(''); 

That should do it