Remember user preferences in state (# search results etc) when going back
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Description
Problem Statement
Remember user preferences of how they left the page so that when they go back they find it the same way.
Steps to Reproduce
*- from the content search screen, if you have any search criteria or are looking at page 2 or 3 of the results content list and click into the contentlet, when you return, you lose all your search and the result page you are on. Makes it somewhat unusable
In the new content drive this issue happens to here is how to repro:
https://dotcms.slack.com/files/U07LKSBNM4K/F09LQ8K0LSW/remember_state.mp4
Acceptance Criteria
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dotCMS Version
Current
Proposed Objective
User Experience
Proposed Priority
Priority 3 - Average
External Links... Slack Conversations, Support Tickets, Figma Designs, etc.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start from the content search screen and the new content drive flow described in the reproduction steps, including the linked video. Trace what happens when opening a contentlet and returning, then preserve the active search criteria and result page so the view is restored.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100