fill required fields back in

[marka865]

Hi,

I would like to have required fields to be filled back in (if they were filled in correctly) when someone clicks on the “return to form link” on the bad_template page.

Example:
“realname” and “email” are required fields. Someone fills in “realname” to “BOB” but leaves the “email” field blank and hits the submit button. They will be taken to the bad_template page. When they click on the “return to form link” the form will have “realname” filled in as “BOB” …. So, now they don’t have to fill “BOB” back in.

All the NON required fields are filled back in, but all of the required fields are left blank.

My template is a .html file, but I tried a .php version of it with this:
<input id="realname" type="text" name="realname" value="<?php echo $realname; ?>" />

Thanks,
Mark

[crabtree]

this is a long standing issue....

the problem is realname and email are formmail special fields.

for various reasons formmail doesnt fill special fields.

the workaround is to rename the fields to, say, Name and Email, and then derive the special fields from these new ones:

<input type="hidden" name="derive_fields" value="realname=Name,email=Email" />

check the how to doco for more details on derive_fields

[pitzerwm]

On my Form, if there is an "problem" missing field or recaptcha, if you hit the back button, all of the fields are populated, and a new recaptcha is displayed, however if you just put in the new recaptcha in, it will still fail with the recaptcha being the problem.

Is this just the way it is?

If you hit refresh, and double click on the empty field it will show you what you had entered and you can "use" it. At least this is what happens in Chrome.