Rails issue? HTML issue? Browser issue?

[Ralph Shnelvar]

I don't know if what I am about to describe is a Rails, HTML, browser of some other issue.

My problem: Sometimes the input fields of the following form are pre-filled with things I did not set ... like vales from a previous, uh, filling.

Here's my .erb code taken - more-or-less - from devise-4.3.0/lib/generators/templates/simple_form_for/registrations/new.html.erb

<div class='ralph-h2'>Sign up</div>

<%= form_for(resource, as: resource_name, url: registration_path(resource_name)) do |f| %>
  <%= devise_error_messages! %>

  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :email %>
    <div><em>Required (e.g. m...@SomeDomain.com)</em></div>
    <%= f.email_field :email, required: true, autofocus: true, value: " " %>
  </div>

  <br />

  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :name %>
    <div><em>Optional</em></div>
    <%= f.text_field :name, value: "This is silly" %>
  </div>

  <br />

  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :password %>
    <% if @minimum_password_length %>
      <em>(<%= @minimum_password_length %> characters minimum)</em>
    <% end %><br />
    <%= f.password_field :password,  required: true, autocomplete: "off" %>
  </div>

  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :password_confirmation %><br />
    <%= f.password_field :password_confirmation,  required: true, autocomplete: "off" %>
  </div>

  <div class="actions">
    <%= f.submit "Sign up" %>
  </div>
<% end %>

<%= render "devise/shared/links" %>

Note, for instance,

  <%= f.text_field :name, value: "This is silly" %>


Sometimes the input value is "This is silly" and sometimes it's a value a user previously entered.

How do I force the value "This is silly" every time the user refreshes the screen?

Ralph

[nanaya]

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017, at 22:22, Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
> I don't know if what I am about to describe is a Rails, HTML, browser of
> some other issue.
>
> My problem: Sometimes the input fields of the following form are
> pre-filled
> with things I did not set ... like vales from a previous, uh, filling.
>

Are you using firefox? It keeps form values on reload [1].

[1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46845

[Ralph Shnelvar]

nanaya,



Sunday, July 23, 2017, 1:54:33 PM, you wrote:

n> Hi,

n> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017, at 22:22, Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
>> I don't know if what I am about to describe is a Rails, HTML, browser of
>> some other issue.

>> My problem: Sometimes the input fields of the following form are
>> pre-filled
>> with things I did not set ... like vales from a previous, uh, filling.

n> Are you using firefox? It keeps form values on reload [1].

n> [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46845

10 months ago Mark C wrote "This is madness".

I completely agree.  A bug that was reported 17 years ago seems to keep coming back.

Thank you, nanaya.  Now I can move on to other problems.


Ralph