I think you can overwrite the document.back call from browser.
So, if somebody want to go back using backspace or right-click Go back it
will call you're function wich basicaly is not doing anything.
Right?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Oakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: RE: How to disable Backspace Button in the Keyboard
>
> > > Whenever the user presses backspace key in the keyboard the
> > browser goes to
> > > the previous page, which crashes our site when the user
> > tries to save its
>
> > The remedy is to fix your site. Even if you could capture
> > the key stroke
> > events, ignoring the backspace is not the solution. This
> > advice falls in
> > the same category as NEVER rely on javascript for something that is
> > critical to your site.
>
> I would just like to add that there are various ways that browsers allow
> users to "go back". In IE alone, you can press the backspace key, right
> click and select "back", click on the "back" button or press ALT+left.
>
> If a user wants to use such mechanisms, they should be prepared to accept
> the consequences (such as the possibility of a form being submitted
twice.)
> However, the application developer has to make sure it behaves reasonably.
>
> --
> Stephen Oakes
>
