bigskysoftware / bigskysoftware/htmx
Non HX form submit (POST) are pushing URL into history preventing Form resubmission (htmx4)
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- JavaScript
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Description
I'm unsure if this is intended behavior or a bug. When HTMX is loaded on the page and I submit a standard form (method=POST) (without any HTMX attributes), refreshing the browser issues a GET request instead of resubmitting the POST request.
No PRG pattern (Post/Redirect/Get) is used.
In this case the form is submitted by JavaScript calling form.submit();
This can be fixed by adding
But as I said, the request is not performed by HTMX.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with a minimal page containing a standard method=POST form, htmx loaded, and a JavaScript form.submit() call; compare its history behavior with and without the htmx-config setting history:false. Trace how the history setting affects non-HTMX submissions, then verify that a normal POST remains resubmittable on refresh without changing HTMX form behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100