Sounds like a JavaScript issue to me. I would check out www.irt.org for assistance.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clint Tillerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 5:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: "Back" and Single Select Form Fields
>
>
> 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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