[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBPORTAL-1842) Login form should have a cancel option

Tue Jan 15 10:51:32 EST 2008

    [ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-1842?page=comments#action_12395173 ] 

Thomas Heute commented on JBPORTAL-1842:
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After discussing this with Chris:

Basically there are 4 scenarios:
 - Click on the login link -> Modal login
 - Click on the a link that requires authentication while being on the portal-> Non-Modal login
 - Click on the a link that requires authentication while being on some other website-> Non-Modal login
 - Click on the a link that requires authentication on a fresh browser or tab (no navigation history) -> Non-Modal login

Scenario 1 (modal login) has a cancel button so we are all clear
Scenario 2, the cancel button would replicate the back button (javascript)
Scenario 3, nothing really intuitive here, back button or redirect to default portal/default page
Scenario 4, redirect to default portal/default page is probably what makes more sense

We can always find usecases where this won't be appropriate (it some cases we may want to redirect to the default page of the portal that is being accessed, or try to access the page without being authenticated). But this should be globally ok for the ootb portal

> Login form should have a cancel option
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>
>                 Key: JBPORTAL-1842
>                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-1842
>             Project: JBoss Portal
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Portal Core
>    Affects Versions: 2.6.3 Final
>            Reporter: Chris Laprun
>         Assigned To: Wesley Hales
>             Fix For: 2.6.4 Final
>
>
> It is not currently possible to get out of the login screen apart from using the back button or modifying the URL in the browser. Bad usability...

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