Mozilla refresh problem

Rails
#1

Hi,

I added a checkbox in a form which is checked by default. Now I

uncheck the checkbox and then refresh the form it displays the checkbox
unchecked maintaining its state on refresh i.e unchecked. Even with
textboxes the value is maintained when the page is refreshed.

This problem exist only with mozilla but works fine on IE.

Rohan

#2

Rohan D. wrote:

Hi,

I added a checkbox in a form which is checked by default. Now I

uncheck the checkbox and then refresh the form it displays the checkbox
unchecked maintaining its state on refresh i.e unchecked. Even with
textboxes the value is maintained when the page is refreshed.

This problem exist only with mozilla but works fine on IE.

Rohan

Hi Rohan,
Rather than a problem, this was actively implemented by Mozilla as a
convenience to the user, so that when you refresh the page, all
elements’ values are stored and redisplayed when the page refreshes. You
can test this by changing the name/id of an element in one of your
views, then refreshing, and the value will disappear, because Mozilla
will only fill in the element with the same id.
I’m sure you can probably turn that functionality off, but I
wouldn’t design your app around this, as any end user can have that
functionality on. If you’re deadset on not keeping that information
across refreshes, you can make an onLoad javascript function, something
like this (untested):

‘<body onLoad=“document.form.each( function(item,
index){item.element.each( function(subitem, subindex){ subitem.value =
“”;}});)”>’

#3

Rohan D. wrote:

Hi,

I added a checkbox in a form which is checked by default. Now I

uncheck the checkbox and then refresh the form it displays the checkbox
unchecked maintaining its state on refresh i.e unchecked. Even with
textboxes the value is maintained when the page is refreshed.

This is not a bug but a feature.
Using shift-reload resets the form.

   Mage