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Reset Button
The reset button can be used to clear the contents of your form. It’s used by your application’s users
when they have made a mistake. Here’s an example of how to generate one.
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3 {{ Form::open(array('url' => 'my/route')) }}
4 {{ Form::reset('Clear') }}
5 {{ Form::close() }}
The first parameter to the Form::reset() method is the label that you would like to appear on the
button. Here’s the generated source from the above example.
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Form Macros
In the previous subsection we discovered the various form input generator methods. They can be
used to save you a lot of time, but perhaps you have a custom type of form input that is specific to
your own applications.
Lucky for us, Taylor already thought about this. Laravel comes equipped with a method that will
allow you to define your own form generators, let’s see how it works.
So, where shall we put our form macros? Ah I know, let’s make a file called app/macros.php, then
we can include it from within our routes file. Here’s the contents: