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olivia
olivia

Reputation: 85

Back button which goes back to filled in form

Is there a way to add a Back button which reloads a form with the inputs filled in?

I have a form with some input fields and a save (submit) button. When clicking submit, if the mandatory fields aren't filled in, a new page opens with a message. If I use the browser's Back button, I receive this message:

Confirm Form Resubmission

This webpage requires data that you entered earlier in order to be properly displayed. You can send this data again, but by doing so you will repeat any action this page previously performed. Press the reload button to resubmit the data needed to load the page. ERR_CACHE_MISS

So basically, it asks me to Refresh, and then confirm by clicking OK on a pop up window, after which the form reloads but with empty fields.

I have tried thinking of everything, but I can't find a solution. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1613

Answers (1)

ADyson
ADyson

Reputation: 61849

If it's possible, I would change the structure so that the form posts back to itself, and runs the validation of the mandatory fields. Then, if everything's ok, it will continue whatever processing is necessary. If there's a problem, it can show the form again, but in your code you will have access to the values already submitted, so you can pre-populate the form with these values and then display it to the user. It's a pretty standard design technique for this sort of thing.

Upvotes: 2

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