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When a user hits Refresh on their browser, it reloads the page but keeps the contents of form fields. While I can see this being a useful default, it can be annoying on some dynamic pages, leading to a broken user experience.
Is there a way, in HTTP headers or equivalents, to change this behaviour?
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A hard refresh clears your browser cache for a specific page, which forces it to load the most recent version of that page. This could include new scripts, styles or features.
When we refresh the page (F5, or icon in browser), it will first trigger ONUNLOAD event. When we close the browser (X on right top icon),It will trigger ONUNLOAD event. Now when ONUNLOAD event is triggered, there is no way to distinguish between refresh the page or close the browser.
Click the Start button, type “internet options” and select Internet Options in the search results. In the Internet Properties window, click “Custom tab -> Custom level,” then in the Security Settings window, scroll down until you find “Allow META REFRESH.” Disable this option and click OK.
You could call the reset() method of the forms object from the body load event of your html document to clear the forms.
<input autocomplete="off">
This should do the trick:
<body onload="document.FormName.reset();">
Replace FormName with the name of your form and then all the fields will be reset when the user clicks refresh in his browser.
Or if you only want to reset some fields, add this to the bottom of your page:
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('field1').value ='';
document.getElementById('field2').value ='';
document.getElementById('field3').value ='';
</script>
That will reset the fields every time a user enters the page, including refreshes
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Add the autocomplete attribute set to "off" to the inputs you don't want to be refreshed. For instance:
<input type="text" name="pin" autocomplete="off" />
see the W3C reference
although not mentioned in the reference, it works also with checkboxes, at least on firefox.
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