Hi, i'm having an strange issue with the back button. If i do a lot of post-backs using ajax components from richfaces, and go to another page (from a navigation rule/outcome), on that new page if i press the browser back-button the old page is "apparently" in a fresh state, but after the first post-back it retrieves its "true" state.

The same thing doesn't happen using plain JSF components. I did a test case to show it:

Ajax Page A

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"
 xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
 template="/resources/facelets/templates/base.xhtml">

 <a4j:outputPanel id="panel" ajaxRendered="true">
 #{pageA.bigString == '' ? 'Empty string!' : 'Its a BIG! string!'}
 </a4j:outputPanel>

 <br/>

 <a4j:form id="formulario">
 <h:outputText value="#{pageA.bigString}"/>
 <br/>
 <h:inputText value="#{pageA.value}"/>
 <a4j:commandButton value="Append" action="#{pageA.appendString}" reRender="formulario"/>
 </a4j:form>

 <br/>

 <a4j:form>
 <h:commandLink value="Go to page B" action="/pages/pageB.xhtml"/>
 </a4j:form>

</ui:composition>

Normal Page A

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"
 xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
 template="/resources/facelets/templates/base.xhtml">

 #{pageA.bigString == '' ? 'Empty string!' : 'Its a BIG! string!'}

 <br/>

 <h:form id="formulario">
 <h:outputText value="#{pageA.bigString}"/>
 <br/>
 <h:inputText value="#{pageA.value}"/>
 <h:commandButton value="Append" action="#{pageA.appendString}"/>
 </h:form>

 <br/>

 <h:form>
 <h:commandLink value="Go to page B" action="/pages/pageB.xhtml"/>
 </h:form>

</ui:composition>

Page B (Just to transit)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
 xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
 xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
 xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
 xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"
 xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
 xmlns:s="http://jboss.com/products/seam/taglib"
 template="/resources/facelets/templates/base.xhtml">

 Page B

</ui:composition>

And the test backing bean:

package br.com.techpeople.template.view;

import org.jboss.seam.ScopeType;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;

@Name("pageA")
@Scope(ScopeType.PAGE)
public class PageA {

 private String bigString = "";

 private String value;

 public void appendString(){
 bigString += value;
 }

 public void setValue(String value) {
 this.value = value;
 }

 public String getValue() {
 return value;
 }

 public void setBigString(String bigString) {
 this.bigString = bigString;
 }

 public String getBigString() {
 return bigString;
 }

}

The test is pretty simple, the backing bean just append the initial string. There is a different message if the bigString != null. After adding some strings, go to the next page, and after come back with the broser back-button. If you are using the "normal" page everthing works as expected, if you are using the ajax one the old page looks like a "new" one, but if you add a new string the page get the old state again.

It's a pretty simple test to do, just remember to replace the template attribute.

Is it a Seam bug, Richfaces bug, or is it an expected behavior? And how could i make my ajax application get the "normal" application behavior?

Thks,

Israel