284033 - Selected check boxes change when browsing, then using the 'Back' Button

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Kurt Gazow]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1

On the page http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?zip=98671&x=0&y=0,
selected checkboxes change when you click on a cache description link and then
click the 'Back' button.  The check box previously selected will be blank and
the the check box three spaces above the one you had selected will be selected
when the page reloads.

Build information is above; the workstation is Windows XP Professional, all
recent security patches applied.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?zip=98671&x=0&y=0
2. Check the checkbox for the fifth listed cache on the page
3. Click on the cache name link for a description of the cache
4. Click the 'Back' button


Actual Results:  
The checkbox selected will now be blank; the checkbox three spaces above the one
you checked will be checked.

Expected Results:  
Selected checkboxes should have remained selected as originally indicated by the
user.

Comment 1

[Ben Fowler]

See Bug 46845 "Form elements don't reset upon manually reloading page"

Comment 2

[gatien]

Windows 2000 FireFiox 1.0.1 does the same on check box treatment on SalesForce site.

Comment 3

[:Gijs (he/him)]

This page does not seem to contain any checkboxes for me? And the cache
description opens in a new window / tab, and as such makes it impossible to back
by clicking the back button...

Using: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223
Firefox/1.0.1

Comment 4

[Kurt Gazow]

The checkboxes are on the right-hand side of the screen after the cache
description.  If you check the box and then click on a cache description, it
should open in the same window/tab (at least it does for me).

REVISED REPRODUCTION INSTRUCTIONS:
1.  Visit http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?zip=98671&x=0&y=0
2.  Select the checkbox (right-hand side of the screen) for Jared's Lacamas Park
Cache  by Jared (GCHQG1)
3.  Click on the description for Jared's Lacamas Park Cache  by Jared (GCHQG1)
***At this point, you should enter a details page for this cache in the same
window/tab
4.  Click on the back button
5.  The checkbox now selected is the one next to We Love Highway 14: Puzzle
Pieces  by Dan & Janet (GC7F99), which is three selections higher than the
original selection.

Comment 5

[Kurt Gazow]

(In reply to comment #1)
> See Bug 46845 "Form elements don't reset upon manually reloading page"
Bug 46845 (seems to) reference primarily that form elements do not clear on
reload.  This is different, as the form elements change on reload.

Comment 6

[Ben Fowler]

See Bug 46845 Comment 60 Bug 46845 Comment 106 Bug 46845 Comment 133 
Bug 46845  Comment 163 Bug 46845 Comment 168 Bug 46845 Comment 184 - but if 
you don't think that your report is a dup of something, then you had better 
ignore my comments here!

Comment 7

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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