Bug 1210078: Going back from the "Match failed" page deletes the values of user fields

r=gerv

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/js/field.js b/js/field.js
index 2bd8868f8..063d48c47 100644
--- a/js/field.js
+++ b/js/field.js
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ $(function() {
             else {
                 that.devbridgeAutocomplete(options_user);
             }
+            that.addClass('bz_autocomplete');
         });
 
     // init autocomplete fields with array of values
@@ -809,6 +810,7 @@ $(function() {
                     this.focus();
                 }
             });
+            that.addClass('bz_autocomplete');
         });
 });
 
diff --git a/js/global.js b/js/global.js
index b4905e202..dcffc3529 100644
--- a/js/global.js
+++ b/js/global.js
@@ -51,3 +51,15 @@ function display_value(field, value) {
     if (translated) return translated;
     return value;
 }
+
+// jQuery auto-completion disables browser native autocompletion, however this
+// excludes it from being restored by bfcache. Trick the browser into restoring
+// it 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() {
+    $('.bz_autocomplete').attr('autocomplete', 'off');
+  });
+});