First load vs. back

[Igor Planinc]

Is it possible to differentiate between the followig two cases:
1. user comes to a page by clicking on a link, submitting a form or some other
(?) "regular" way, and
2. user comes to that same page by clicking browsers back button?

What I'd like to do is give focus to a text field of a form when the page is
loaded, but not when the page is "reused" by clicking on a back button. Can this
be done with javascript?

[Igor Planinc]

Re: First load vs. back

> Is it possible to differentiate between the followig two cases:[color=blue]
> 1. user comes to a page by clicking on a link, submitting a form or some
> other (?) "regular" way, and
> 2. user comes to that same page by clicking browsers back button?
>
> What I'd like to do is give focus to a text field of a form when the
> page is loaded, but not when the page is "reused" by clicking on a back
> button. Can this be done with javascript?[/color]

Guess not. Way to go!
Not.

[Jasen Betts]

Re: First load vs. back

In article <APnGe.597$cE1. 145705@news.sio l.net>, Igor Planinc wrote:[color=blue]
> Is it possible to differentiate between the followig two cases:
> 1. user comes to a page by clicking on a link, submitting a form or some other
> (?) "regular" way, and
> 2. user comes to that same page by clicking browsers back button?
>
> What I'd like to do is give focus to a text field of a form when the page is
> loaded, but not when the page is "reused" by clicking on a back button. Can this
> be done with javascript?[/color]

if they click the back button they will have something behind their forwards
button, can you check for that.

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Bye.
Jasen