Bug 1172418 - user fields are cleared when navigating back to a page (eg. after an error)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/js/global.js b/js/global.js
index 7ecd3d901..896860d60 100644
--- a/js/global.js
+++ b/js/global.js
@@ -110,3 +110,16 @@ if (!String.prototype.htmlEncode) {
         };
     })();
 }
+
+// our auto-completion disables browser native autocompletion, however this
+// excludes it from being restored by bf-cache.  trick the browser into
+// restoring by changing the autocomplete attribute when a page is hidden and
+// shown.
+$().ready(function() {
+    $(window).on('pagehide', function() {
+        $('.bz_autocomplete').attr('autocomplete', 'on');
+    });
+    $(window).on('pageshow', function(event) {
+        $('.bz_autocomplete').attr('autocomplete', 'off');
+    });
+});