Clear a form with JSF?

Question

Hello,
I have a simple form with a user name and two password fields:
<h:form>
<h:inputText value="#{NewUser.name}"
               required="true"
               id="newUserName"/>                              
<h:inputSecret value="#{NewUser.password}"
               required="true"
               id="newUserPassword"/>                              
<h:inputSecret value="#{NewUser.confirmPassword}"
               required="true"
               id="newUserConfirm"/>
<h:commandButton value="#{Message.add_user_cmd}"
                    actionListener="#{NewUser.addNewUser}"/>                              
<h:commandButton value="#{Message.add_user_clear}"
                    action="#{NewUser.init}"
                    immediate="true"/>                              
</h:form>
the init method in the bean just resets the values:
     public String init()
          setName("");
          setPassword("");
          setConfirmPassword("");
          return null;
All seems fine, but it I enter a name value and hit clear, the value is not removed. I guess there is a simple solution to this as loads of people must need to do it, but I just can't see how?
Thanks
Neil

Answer 1

The submitted value of the component is set to null after updating the corresponding
managed bean. Because you specify immediate="true", the Update Model Values Phase
is skipped and the HtmlInputText component still holds the submitted value which is
used in the Render Response Phase.
The most simple solution is here:
<input type="reset" value="clear"/>