Is there a reason for this behavior? Or is it a bug? On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 4:34:44 PM UTC-7, Mark Li wrote: > > My previous post was somewhat off. > > Actually, what happens is that if the form passes validation, but has > incorrect login credentials, auth.login() will trigger a redirect with the > following code: > > redirect(self.url(args=request.args, vars=request.get_vars), > client_side=settings.client_side) > > Upon redirect, the form.vars are lost, and thus the form is no > pre-populated with the previously typed in value. This redirect does not > occur if the form does not pass validation (such as having an invalid > email), and thus the returned form still has form.vars > > If the login credentials are incorrect, the returned form should have all > the previously typed in values (except for the password for security > reasons), so the user can see where they made the error. If you return a > blank form, the user must guess what they typed in the username/email > input, which is needlessly frustrating. > > On Monday, September 15, 2014 1:42:10 PM UTC-7, Mark Li wrote: >> >> After submitting a failed login attempt with auth.login(), the failed >> username input is not returned (it is cleared out). This is not a problem >> when auth.define_tables(username=False), which would return the failed >> email input upon login error. But, when username=True, the form no longer >> returns the failed input after a login error. This would be an important >> issue for users, because they don't see their failed credentials that they >> previously typed (excluding the password). >> >> I added a print request.function to the model, and after a failed login >> attempt (with auth.define_tables(username=True)), there is a double >> redirect, which seemed to cause problems previously as well: >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/web2py/auth.login$20return$20username/web2py/9omfJYNoOC8/RrLOgeXENvMJ >> >
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