142336 - Forward/Back buttons reload original form data.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)

Description

[Catie Flick]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc1) Gecko/20020429
Debian/1.0rc1-2
BuildID:    1.0RC1

In filling out forms (especially text areas), clicking 'back' and then 'forward'
again reloads the original data in the form. It has only happened with 1.0RC1,
and didn't with previous builds, and particularly sucks for editing of backends
for large websites. :-)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Edit text in form (especially text area)
2.Click 'Back'
3.Click 'Forward'

Actual Results:  Original data was reloaded

Expected Results:  Not reloaded and just cached the data like it used to do :-)

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Does this happen on a particular URL?  This is likely bug 138892

Comment 2

[Catie Flick]

It happens particularly on the freshmeat.net backend, which can't be accessed
without proper permissions.

Comment 3

[brian]

I'm attaching a test file that seems to disprove this bug. I have the most
trouble with my Yahoo! mail account, after sending a message, clicking 'back'
does not display what i wrote in the mail. this problem may indeed be due to bug
138892, but i haven't had time to check.

Comment 4

[brian]

Attachment: tests what the bug claims goes wrong

I'm currently hosting the test page at
http://www.zooid.org/~liminal/mozilla/form.html

If people try the page and agree that it debunks the bug, then we can file as
WFM.

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> History:session (?)

Comment 6

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

Testcase WFM: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1b) Gecko/2002090311

Might be that the reporter had a different situation in mind, where some field
is preloaded.

pi

Comment 7

[Boris 'pi' Piwinger]

No response, marking WFM.

pi