Hello all,
Here is an issue I'm struggling with. Perhaps someone can shed
some light or at least confirm I'm stuck with this behavior so I can
move on.
Background:
A form is built dynamically step by step based on the user input. It
consists of several single value and multi value select lists. Using
javascript, onChange="submit()", the form submits automatically
when the user makes a selection in a single select list. The form is
recursive and "grows" displaying additional input fields beneath the
previous inputs. At any time, the user can change a previous input
above and the form will re-submit and reset the form to display the
appropriate inputs down to the point the change was made.
Problem:
If the user changes the input in a single select list, the form
resubmits. If then, the user hits the back button, the most recent
value the user chose in a single value select list is shown onscreen
as the selected (highlighted) list item, rather than the previously
selected item (the selected item you're going back to). If you view
the source, the correct value is marked selected but the browser
doesn't display it correctly. If there happened to be a multiselect
list or filled text box on the previous screen (the screen you're
going back to), any previously selected values display properly as
well as the data entered in the text box. So the problem seems to
be isolated to the single select lists. (Does this make sense? I
know it sounds confusing!)
I know I can make the page expire so users have to hit refresh
when they go "Back", but I would prefer users be able to use the
back button and see their last selections since this is what they
expect. I know some of the older browsers would not hold these
values at all, and the form would display blank or with defaults, but
the newer ones do hold the values. This behavior is the same in
both Netscape 4.7 and IE 5.5.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance for your comments!!
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Clint R. Tillerson
Meteorologist/Programmer
Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.
5001 South Miami Blvd.
PO Box 12077
RTP, NC 27709
(919) 941-0333
Fax: (919) 941-0234
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