Chrome doesn't cache hidden form field values for use in browser history

Question

I have a ASP.Net web form that contains both text box fields and hidden fields. The hidden field values are modified dynamically using client side JavaScript. Posting the fo

Answer 1

I can't seem to comment, maybe my rep too low but felt this is important to mention.

I just ran into this problem myself in Opera so borrowed Sanesh Fernando's solution which worked around the hidden fields not being reinstated (Thanks Sanesh). However what caused a problem for me was that Javascript fires before the form fields are updated so if you check values with javascript as I was doing then I had to add a setTimeout to ensure Opera updated before I checked the values.

Cookies are as stated another way but what with the ridiculous EU directive on requiring cookie usage agreement from the visitor it's not a solution for me.