I should point out that it still works great in IE and Firefox.  Just not 
Chrome.

On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 17:07:44 UTC+10, Craig Mitchell wrote:
>
> The submitting to a javascript URL was working great.  However, Chrome has 
> decided to stop working (currently on version 20.0.1132.47 m).
>
> And the only thing that seems to make it work, is doing a submit straight 
> to the servlet from the login form, which is a real pain (and a major 
> change).
>
> Anyone else notice that Chrome has stopped working for auto complete?
>
>
> On Friday, 7 May 2010 03:24:31 UTC+10, Sri wrote:
>>
>> Why don't you just use JAAS? You could then protect your GWT page in 
>> web.xml, and then instruct your app server to "redirect" to login page if 
>> the user is not logged in. You can also setup custom roles and permissions 
>> - the code is largely copy/paste and rest of the stuff is declarative in 
>> your web.xml.
>>
>> Just do a google search on JAAS + your application server, you'll get 
>> detailed notes on how to setup.
>>
>> --Sri
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6 May 2010 22:33, markww <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the heads up, was just going down that route.
>>>
>>> I'm fine with using a regular html form, just not sure where to put
>>> it. Twitter has a login form on their main splash page, which is
>>> ideal. I am thinking I could do the same. My main page is already a
>>> jsp page. I can do something like:
>>>
>>>   // myproject.jsp
>>>   <form action="myproject.jsp">
>>>      ... login text fields ...
>>>   </form>
>>>
>>>    <%
>>>   String login = request.getParameter("login");
>>>   String password = request.getParameter("password");
>>>   if (login and password exist and are correct) {
>>>       startSession();
>>>       showProtectedUserInfoEtc();
>>>   }
>>>   else {
>>>       showGeneralInfo();
>>>   }
>>>   %>
>>>
>>> this could work, the form just re-posts itself back to my main project
>>> page. The downside is that I have to add the login logic on the main
>>> page which is kind of ugly, but I think this will work correctly?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 6, 9:30 am, Sripathi Krishnan <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > +1 on that - if you can, don't make the same mistake!
>>> >
>>> > We also put in some hacks to get the login page "GWT controlled". In
>>> > retrospect, it was a poor decision. Its much cleaner to assume that 
>>> the GWT
>>> > page is only reachable once authenticated.
>>> >
>>> > --Sri
>>> > P.S. And as luck would have it, as I typed this email, my gmail session
>>> > timed out. I got a popup - "Your session has timedout". So, I was able 
>>> to
>>> > copy the draft, login again and then continue on this email. Not too 
>>> bad for
>>> > usability, I didn't loose my work.
>>> >
>>> > On 6 May 2010 21:19, Thomas Broyer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > On May 6, 4:45 pm, markww <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > > > Actually, just confirming this, all the solutions presented here 
>>> *do
>>> > > > not* work in webkit browsers (chrome, safari), right? Looks like it
>>> > > > works in firefox ok. I haven't found any alternative solutions in 
>>> my
>>> > > > searches, so seems like our options are still:
>>> >
>>> > > >   1) Use methods presented here, but won't work in chrome or safari
>>> > > >   2) Use standard login submit form (outside of gwt, but will work 
>>> on
>>> > > > all browsers)
>>> >
>>> > > I'm using GWT-controlled auth (i.e. without "exiting" the app when
>>> > > logging out) for more than 2 years now (initially sending the form to
>>> > > the server, then using the above solution) and I must say that...
>>> >
>>> > >                if you can, don't make the same mistake!
>>> >
>>> > > For all my new projects, I'm using a separate page for the login
>>> > > screen adn the GWT app (which can safely assume it is authenticated),
>>> > > just like Google does. Yes it means you could loose your work when
>>> > > your session expires but it makes the development sooo much easier!
>>> > > In our app where we still do this, the session automatically ends
>>> > > after 30' of inactivity (calculated only based on requests to the
>>> > > server, or rather, responses from the server). You're then showed the
>>> > > login screen but you cannot change the username, your only option is
>>> > > to give your password (much like a "session locked" screen, as in MS
>>> > > Windows), or refresh the page. All your work is kept behind though, 
>>> so
>>> > > when you "unlock" the app, you didn't loose anything. Only when the
>>> > > user explicitly logs out the login screen is shown with the ability 
>>> to
>>> > > log back in as any user (and switch locale, which reloads the page
>>> > > with the appropriate GWT locale selected), and only in this case the
>>> > > whole app (except the login screen) is blown out, and cached data is
>>> > > cleared. This is really a PITA to maintain as there's always a risk
>>> > > you forget clearing something out.
>>> > > So let me reiterate:
>>> >
>>> > >                if you can, don't make the same mistake!
>>> >
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