44749 - Forms are not reset by Option-Reload

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Pierre Saslawsky]

Tested on the Mac with a 2000-07-06 build.

On the Mac, Nav4x and IE5 allow the user to reset the form fields and clear the 
image cache by maintaining the Option key pressed while clicking Reload. I think 
we have a similar mechanism on Windows (with the Alt key maybe?).

This doesn't seem to work in Mozilla. Once you have entered something in an 
editable field, you have no way to reset it to its original value. The data you 
entered persists even if you click Reload after modifying the html source.

See the testcase for more info.

Comment 1

[Pierre Saslawsky]

Attachment: testcase

Comment 2

[rods (gone)]

On Windows this is done by pressing the <shift> and clicking reload, I use it 
all the time. I think this is an xpapps issue.

This doesn't have anything to do with the Windows widget toolkit or the form 
controls. reassigning.

Comment 3

[Chris McAfee]

image cache, over to pnunn.  cc-ing gagan.

Comment 4

[Gagan]

mcafee this isn't about image cache! its about forms retaining form values on 
reload. I believe nisheeth/radha/rpotts would be the right people to handle 
this. Nisheeth volunteers so...

Comment 5

[Radha on family leave (not reading bugmail)]

First, we need to detect the option or shift key being pressed while clicking on 
the reload button. Right now, this is not done. My guess is this work s'd be 
done in navigator.xul and proper reload flags passed in to BrowserAppCore. 
Browserappcore s'd then based on the reload flag passed in, decide whether to 
restore the form values (in simple reload) or NOT (in shift-relaod). Giving to 
Ben right now who can do the xul work. After that it s'd be reassigned to me. 
cc'ing neeti who now owns the cache code and has some interest in this.

Comment 6

[Pierre Saslawsky]

radha, I d't like ur abbr's. I thk that s'd s'd be wrtn "should".

Comment 7

[Adam]

Holding down the Shift key while reloading has the desired effect on Mac as
well. I believe Communicator allowed the use of both (either the Option or Shift
key). Unless somebody is really intent on fixing this, I believe it can be
relnoted as such. I don't see the need to have a separate modifier for the Mac
version - especially when Shift works on all platforms.

Comment 8

[Pierre Saslawsky]

Correct: Shift-Reload work on the Mac. Closed as WorksForMe.

Comment 9

[ckritzer (gone)]

Yep.  Marking VERIFIED FIXED on:
- MacOS9    2001-01-09-08-T Commercial