286429 - Using back button to a page with dropdowns sometimes selects a different option from original selected value if multiple options have same value

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[dan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050225 Firefox/1.0.1

It seems like in IE it resets a dropdown on a page when using back button by
using the selected index of the page while FireFox may be searching for the
previously selected value. If multiple options in a select tag have the same
value and you select one that jumps you to another page and then hit the back
button it may select another option that has the same value property. Not a
major bug at all.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.elsnereng.com/equip_main.htm
2. Select "Aluminum foil" from second dropdown at top
3. Hit "Back" button to go back.

Actual Results:  
"Parchment Paper" will be selected in that dropdown instead of "Aluminum foil".

Expected Results:  
Selected "Aluminum foil" as happens in IE.

Comment 1

[Dwight Brown]

As described. Does NOT work for me.

Comment 2

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

I can't reproduce this either using Firefox 2.0.0.3 on Mac OS X and Windows XP. If you can reproduce using Firefox 2.0.0.3 or later with a clean profile, please file a new bug with detailed steps.

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