How to clear all input fields in a specific div with jQuery?

This function is used to clear all the elements in the form including radio button, check-box, select, multiple select, password, text, textarea, file.

function clear_form_elements(class_name) {
  jQuery("."+class_name).find(':input').each(function() {
    switch(this.type) {
        case 'password':
        case 'text':
        case 'textarea':
        case 'file':
        case 'select-one':
        case 'select-multiple':
        case 'date':
        case 'number':
        case 'tel':
        case 'email':
            jQuery(this).val('');
            break;
        case 'checkbox':
        case 'radio':
            this.checked = false;
            break;
    }
  });
}

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/simple/BdQvp/

You can do it like so:

I have added two buttons in the Fiddle to illustrate how you can insert or clear values in those input fields through buttons. You just capture the onClick event and call the function.

//Fires when the Document Loads, clears all input fields
$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.fetch_results').find('input:text').val('');    
});

//Custom Functions that you can call
function resetAllValues() {
  $('.fetch_results').find('input:text').val('');
}

function addSomeValues() {
  $('.fetch_results').find('input:text').val('Lala.');
}

Update:

Check out this great answer below by Beena as well for a more universal approach.

Change this:

 <div class=fetch_results>

To this:

 <div id="fetch_results">

Then the following should work:

$("#fetch_results input").each(function() {
      this.value = "";
  })​

http://jsfiddle.net/NVqeR/