Using Back Button May Not Repopulate Web Page Form
Article ID: 174550
Article Last Modified on 12/6/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 1.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 128-Bit Edition
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
This article was previously published under Q174550
SYMPTOMS
If you fill out a form on a Web page, submit the form, and then click
Back in Internet Explorer, the form may not be repopulated with the data
you just entered.
CAUSE
The form is repopulated only if the following items are true:
- The Web page is not an HTTPS (or secure) Web page.
- The page is cached to disk.
- The page has not changed since you filled out the form.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Additional query words: cgi forms 4.00
Keywords: kbenv KB174550