I wrote code that should clear form when user open page. It's working in FF but not in IE, any idea why?

window.onload = clearForm()

  function clearForm() 
 {  

("load event detected!");  

 };

I wrote code that should clear form when user open page. It's working in FF but not in IE, any idea why?

window.onload = clearForm()

  function clearForm() 
 {  

("load event detected!");  

 };

• javascript

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This line:

window.onload = clearForm()

calls clearForm and then assigns its return value to window.onload, exactly like x = foo(); calls foo and assigns the result to x. Remove the parens:

window.onload = clearForm

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Separately, I would strongly remend not relying on the horror that is automatic semicolon insertion. Always supply all required semicolons:

window.onload = clearForm;

(Amusingly, you don't need the one at the end of your function clearForm() { ... }, because that's a function declaration, not a statement. It's harmless, though.)

Change window.onload = clearForm() to window.onload = clearForm; otherwise because of () you are assigning result of your function to window.onload