Browser Toolbar / Back button & JSF

[Wolf Benz <eu...@gmail.com>]

Hi List,

I know Javascript allows to get rid of the toolbar (disable "back"  
button!! Plus more screen real estate :-), but as JSF dictates the  
entire page flow, I was wondering whether somehow this could be done  
WITHOUT javascript and WITH JSF/MyFaces.
(or, at worst with a onload script for the actual window - anyone  
tried this??)

An alternative would be a (browser-independant) way of EITHER  
removing the back button, EITHER leave it there but disable its  
effect. Thsi would be OK although less favourable as this does not  
accomodate the 2nd issue (i.e. screen real estate)
--> Is there with JSF a (simple) way to do this?


Best Regards & TIA for help,

Wolf

Re: Browser Toolbar / Back button & JSF

[Andrew Robinson <an...@gmail.com>]

Not sure of one that is built and can be downloaded, but you could do
this with server side state saving and a PhaseListener I think (or a
view handler?). MyFaces saves an arbitrary (configurable) number of
views on the server. So theoretically your could remember the last
view of the user in the session, and if they try to restore a view or
post to a new view that is not the last one, you could instead load
the most current view and then skip the update model and invoke
application phases (to make sure no changes from an old view are
applied).

-Andrew

On 6/2/06, Wolf Benz <eu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I know Javascript allows to get rid of the toolbar (disable "back"
> button!! Plus more screen real estate :-), but as JSF dictates the
> entire page flow, I was wondering whether somehow this could be done
> WITHOUT javascript and WITH JSF/MyFaces.
> (or, at worst with a onload script for the actual window - anyone
> tried this??)
>
> An alternative would be a (browser-independant) way of EITHER
> removing the back button, EITHER leave it there but disable its
> effect. Thsi would be OK although less favourable as this does not
> accomodate the 2nd issue (i.e. screen real estate)
> --> Is there with JSF a (simple) way to do this?
>
>
> Best Regards & TIA for help,
>
> Wolf
>
>
>