[thelist] controlling the back button

Mark Groen markgroen at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 09:12:06 CST 2005


On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:04:28 -0000, Tony Crockford <> wrote:
 
> I'm building a PHP/MySQL application using data entry forms.  in some
> cases it would be desirable to prevent the user from using the browser
> back button - e.g a part completed form, part updated record. etc.

How about making smarter forms so the back button isn't even
considered being part of the picture? From Matt Warden:

http://www.evolt.org/article/Writing_Smart_Web_based_Forms/17/10199/index.html

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cheers,

             Mark

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