--- loncom/interface/lonparmset.pm	2001/02/08 12:36:57	1.22
+++ loncom/interface/lonparmset.pm	2001/02/08 14:05:10	1.23
@@ -138,7 +138,16 @@ sub valout {
 
 sub plink {
     my ($type,$dis,$value,$marker,$return,$call)=@_;
-    return '<a href="javascript:pjump('."'".$type."','".$dis."','".$value."','"
+    my $winvalue=$value;
+    unless ($winvalue) {
+	if ($type=~/^date/) {
+            $winvalue=$ENV{'form.recent_'.$type};
+        } else {
+            $winvalue=$ENV{'form.recent_'.(split(/\_/,$type))[0]};
+        }
+    }
+    return 
+      '<a href="javascript:pjump('."'".$type."','".$dis."','".$winvalue."','"
       .$marker."','".$return."','".$call."'".');">'.
       &valout($value,$type).'</a><a name="'.$marker.'"></a>';
 }
@@ -393,6 +402,16 @@ sub handler {
         pclose();
         if (document.parmform.pres_marker.value!='') {
             document.parmform.action+='#'+document.parmform.pres_marker.value;
+            var typedef=new Array();
+            typedef=document.parmform.pres_type.value.split('_');
+            if (typedef[0]=='date') {
+                eval('document.parmform.recent_'+
+                     document.parmform.pres_type.value+
+		     '.value=document.parmform.pres_value.value;');
+            } else {
+                eval('document.parmform.recent_'+typedef[0]+
+		     '.value=document.parmform.pres_value.value;');
+            }
             document.parmform.submit();
         } else {
             document.parmform.pres_value.value='';
@@ -422,6 +441,11 @@ at Domain
 <input type="hidden" value='' name="pres_type">
 <input type="hidden" value='' name="pres_marker">
 ENDHEAD
+    map {
+      $r->print('<input type="hidden" value="'.
+          $ENV{'form.recent_'.$_}.'" name="recent_'.$_.'">');
+    } ('tolerance','date_default','date_start','date_end','date_interval',
+       'int','float','string');
 
         $r->print('<h2>'.$message.'</h2><p>Sort list by ');
 	$r->print('<select name="fcat" onChange="this.form.submit();">');