Clearing form input in Meteor - forms

Question

I have tried multiple options that I have found on SO and elsewhere for clearing form inputs, all listed below in the code, but nothing seems to work. Is there anything specific about this form that would determine which one I should use?
<template name="CompanyAdd">
<div>
<form class="form-inline">
<div class="form-group">
{{> inputAutocomplete settings=companySettings id="companyAdd" name="companyAdd" class="input-xlarge" autocomplete="off" placeholder="Add Company"}}
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default company-add">Add</button>
</form>
</div>
</template
Template.CompanyAdd.events({
'submit form': function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var selection = $(e.target).find('[id=companyAdd]').val();
var company = {
ticker: selection
};
if(Companies.findOne({ticker:selection})) {
console.log("Do nothing");
} else {
Meteor.call('companyAdd', company, function(error, result) {
});
}
//event.target.reset();
//e.target.reset();
//target.text.value = '';
//template.find("form").reset();
//document.getElementById("companyAdd").reset();
}
});

Answer 1

Given that you have
var selection = $(e.target).find('[id=companyAdd]').val();
That is the input you want to clear and that - I assume - works, I would do:
var field = $(e.target).find('[id=companyAdd]');
var selection = field.val();
...
field.val('')
Otherwise if you wish to reset all form, go for #JeremyK`s #reset.

Answer 2

Your second attempt:
e.target.reset();
should work fine. If it is not working, check if there are any errors in the console and report back here.
The handler function receives two arguments: event, an object with
information about the event, and template, a template instance for the
template where the handler is defined.
In your code above you define your handler like this:
'submit form': function(e) {
You have named the event argument e, and discarded the template argument.
e is has information about the event
e.target is the form element (The event was defined on 'submit form')
e.target.reset succeeds because reset is a valid function to call on a form.
Briefly, your other attempts failed because:
event.target.reset(); event is not defined or passed in, at least not with the name event (you used e)
target.text.value = ''; target is an undefined variable
template.find("form").reset(); this fails because template is undefined. If you change your handler definition to receive the template variable, this will work (change 'submit form': function(e) to 'submit form': function(e, template)
document.getElementById("companyAdd").reset(); This fails because the element with the id companyAdd is the input element, not the form, so .reset() is undefined. You could change this to document.getElementById("companyAdd").text.value = ''