Badass Scotsman said the following on 4/26/2006 10:37 AM:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have an application which should never allow the back button to be pushed
> without refreshing the previous page. For example:[/color]
Then your application is broken.
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> Step 1:
> User fills in form.html and presses submit
>
> Step 2:
> User see's results.html and clicks back to amend form
>
> Step 3:
> form.html MUST REFRESH ONCE and only once, which will do a few things on my
> server before reloading the page.[/color]
Set a cookie.
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> Step 4:
> After refresh, the page should SCROLL to the top of the page automatically[/color]
Ummm, set the hash property of the location then.
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> Pseudo Style:
>
> If window.history.forward(1) exists
> then
> refresh this page and scroll to top
> else
> do nothing[/color]
First, nothing in my History trail (if anything) is relevant or accessible.
Second. If I view your form and click a Favorites and navigate away
(without submitting the form), then click the Back button, your server
is gonna be hosed.
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> I wonder if the following script can be modified to achieve my goal:
>
> <script language="JavaScript"><!--
> javascript
:window.history.forward(1);
> //--></script>[/color]
Modified or scratched and start over?
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