html forms question

Can html code retain the "value"s of a form page if a caller backs out of
a form and then returns? Same question if a caller "submit"s form and
then returns to the page to make a change?

Hul

ht (AT) panix (DOT) com (Hul Tytus) writes:

Can html code retain the "value"s of a form page if a caller backs out of
a form and then returns? Same question if a caller "submit"s form and
then returns to the page to make a change?

Firefox generally retains the values when you go back. Internet
Explorer 4 did too, but more recent versions don't.

Your best bet is to experiment yourself with multiple browsers. If
values are disappearing when you don't want them to, one solution is to
make the form and its ACTION be the same page, so that the previous
values can be filled in server-side.

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Thanks Bruce - having the server read the data and then sending it back
does seem neccessary. Have you any suggestions for doing that
quickly/easily?

Hul

Bruce Lewis <brlspam (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

ht (AT) panix (DOT) com (Hul Tytus) writes:

Can html code retain the "value"s of a form page if a caller backs out of
a form and then returns? Same question if a caller "submit"s form and
then returns to the page to make a change?

Firefox generally retains the values when you go back. Internet
Explorer 4 did too, but more recent versions don't.

Your best bet is to experiment yourself with multiple browsers. If
values are disappearing when you don't want them to, one solution is to
make the form and its ACTION be the same page, so that the previous
values can be filled in server-side.

--

http://ourdoings.com/ Easily organize and disseminate news and
photos for your family or group.

Yes, a "retain" instruction to go along html's "refresh" does seem
neccessary.

Hul

Lars Eighner <usenet (AT) larseighner (DOT) com> wrote:

In our last episode,
nm964nxvq4m.fsf (AT) home-on-the-dome (DOT) mit.edu>,
the lovely and talented Bruce Lewis
broadcast on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html:

ht (AT) panix (DOT) com (Hul Tytus) writes:

Can html code retain the "value"s of a form page if a caller backs out of
a form and then returns? Same question if a caller "submit"s form and
then returns to the page to make a change?

Firefox generally retains the values when you go back. Internet
Explorer 4 did too, but more recent versions don't.

Your best bet is to experiment yourself with multiple browsers. If
values are disappearing when you don't want them to, one solution is to
make the form and its ACTION be the same page, so that the previous
values can be filled in server-side.

At any rate, except for default values, it isn't the html that
does anything. It is the browser. And so far as I know, there
is not reason to expect that what a particular browser does is
what it will do in the next version.

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