Randy, an honorable 'thank you' for your assistance...
(my how we love to jump to conclusions about other people jumping to
conclusions....)
"Randy Webb" <hikksnotathome@aol.com> wrote in message
news:lNSdnXizF4Mos17d4p2dnA@comcast.com...[color=blue]
> Food Groupy wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>to give people a "back" option sometimes on pages.
> >>
> >>They already have one, conveniently built into the browser, and it
> >>doesn't suffer from the problem you are asking about next.[/color]
> >
> >
> > I understand this about the "back" function being built into the[/color][/color]
browser.[color=blue][color=green]
> > My particular example is for a customer who has completed a long form as
> > part of a registration process, presses "submit", goes to a payment[/color][/color]
options[color=blue][color=green]
> > page where his chosen registration option is displayed. If he discovers[/color][/color]
he[color=blue][color=green]
> > has chosen the wrong option, I wanted a "customized" BACK script that[/color][/color]
would[color=blue][color=green]
> > take him directly to the specified <SELECT> option, instead of having[/color][/color]
them[color=blue][color=green]
> > laboriously scrolling around to find it.[/color]
>
> Page1 checks for the cookie, if its there, it sets focus on the select
> and then it removes it.
> Page2 sets the cookie, and then does the .back()
>
> A better solution would be to have the payment method on the second page
> though.
>[color=green]
> > It was for the customer's convenience.
> > My, how we jump to conclusions.[/color]
>
> You should read the FAQ, with regards to basic assumptions in this group.
>[color=green]
> > My, how we love to preach.
> >[/color]
>
> My, how we love to leave out details that make a difference in the
> possible answer you might recieve.
>[color=green]
> >[color=darkred]
> >>>Is there any way of directing them back to a particular named anchor on[/color]
> >
> > the
> >[color=darkred]
> >>>last page?
> >>
> >>How are you even sure that anchor exists in the last page? And, if I
> >>bookmark the page, reboot, reopen the page with the bookmark, how does
> >>the .back() work? It doesn't......[/color]
> >
> >
> > I think my above detail explains that "yes", there is an anchor on the[/color][/color]
page.[color=blue]
>
> A <SELECT> isn't an anchor. They are two different things.
>[color=green]
> > I suppose I could devise some kind of cookie script that would do the[/color][/color]
trick.[color=blue]
>
> See above, and kill the sarcasm, it can go on for weeks and serves no
> purpose.
>
>
> --
> Randy
> Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
> comp.lang.javascript FAQ -
http://jibbering.com/faq/[/color]
the "history.back" function 
