[Koha-devel] Clear OPAC self-registration form when back button pressed

[David Cook]

I’ve had good feedback from the client I implemented this for. It’s worth noting that it’s only going to work in newer browsers, and you’ll want to wrap it in another condition in your OpacUserJS.  

 

I like doing something like this:

 

var pathname = window.location.pathname;

if (pathname == '/cgi-bin/koha/opac-memberentry.pl'){

  $(window).bind("pageshow", function() {

    var form = $('#memberentry-form'); 

    form[0].reset();

  });

}

 

You could add some more checking around form as well. Probably using “form.length” since a selector that doesn’t match will usually still return an object I think. 

 

Maybe the pathname check is unnecessary, but I figure it saves the client browser from doing unnecessary work unless it’s on the correct page.

 

David Cook

Systems Librarian

Prosentient Systems

72/330 Wattle St

Ultimo, NSW 2007

Australia

 

Office: 02 9212 0899

Direct: 02 8005 0595

 

From: edward.m.veal [mailto:edward.m.veal at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2018 12:34 AM
To: Martha Fuerst <mfuerst at hmcpl.org>; David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
Cc: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org; Aaron Sakovich <asakovich at hmcpl.org>
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Clear OPAC self-registration form when back button pressed

 

Great find David, I think I will add it to our system.  

 

Ed

 

 

 

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From: Martha Fuerst <mfuerst at hmcpl.org <mailto:mfuerst at hmcpl.org> > 

Date: 4/16/18 8:42 AM (GMT-06:00) 

To: David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook at prosentient.com.au> > 

Cc: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org <mailto:koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org> , Aaron Sakovich <asakovich at hmcpl.org <mailto:asakovich at hmcpl.org> > 

Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Clear OPAC self-registration form when back button pressed 

 

I’m for it! Thanks for this!

 

Marti Fuerst
Systems Librarian
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
915 Monroe St, Huntsville, AL 35801
http://hmcpl.org/ — mfuerst at hmcpl.org <mailto:mfuerst at hmcpl.org>  





On Apr 12, 2018, at 8:55 PM, David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au <mailto:dcook at prosentient.com.au> > wrote:

 

What do people think about clearing the OPAC self-registration form when back button pressed? 

 

I used some code* from  <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8861181/clear-all-fields-in-a-form-upon-going-back-with-browser-back-button> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8861181/clear-all-fields-in-a-form-upon-going-back-with-browser-back-button to implement it and it worked pretty well on the latest Chrome on Windows 10.

 

That way you don’t have people finding personal information about other people just by pressing “Back” on a public computer. 

 

 

*

$(window).bind("pageshow", function() {

    var form = $('#memberentry-form'); 

    // let the browser natively reset defaults

    form[0].reset();

});

 

David Cook

Systems Librarian

Prosentient Systems

72/330 Wattle St

Ultimo, NSW 2007

Australia

 

Office: 02 9212 0899

Direct: 02 8005 0595

 

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