Back Link

[CEC]

I'm wondering why there isn't a 'Back' link on the forms -- e.g., add a listing -- so that if someone has missed a field and they submit the following error page has a link right there to go back and correct -- rather than using their browser to back up.

This my be a real novice question, but how would this be implemented?

[inspireme]

I want it to be AJAX - if their is a missing field highlight it in red... when its all done allow the submit to the php file, i dont think they should leave the add page until it spossible for a sucessful submit...

Im not sure about the back button, you would need to encode it with all the option values so that they werent lost. browser back button loses a lot of it i find ... maybe dody can come up with soemthign for next release?

[CEC]

I agree.

Here's a basic DHTML form validator:
Form widgets

Here's some AJAX:
Particletree » Degradable Ajax Form Validation

It would be nice to see something for next release. Similarly, Zubby's site incorporated AJAX to open fields available only to premium links. Very nice.

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[dody]

I think there's no need for back link, because indexu repopulate the fields content along with error message, so no need to click back again.

[CEC]

Sorry, I don't follow, Doddy.

[dody]

I don't think back link is necessary, because we already populate the fields value in the error page. Try to add link here:
http://www.nicecoder.com/indexu/demo...hp?cat=1364503

But fill with incorrect value, such as empty url.

[CEC]

You're right. My site's slow enough that the error message appears for a period (several seconds) before the populated form. In this sense, the reloading is a problem. So is the fact that the error message occurs at the top of the form -- if your form has even a few custom fields the message is out of view.

Thanks again, Doddy.