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IE DOM Lost Form Cache

Another nitpicky issue I have with IE. Whenever you use DOM to manipulate form fields, IE loses the form field's cache value. So if you play with DOM and have users with back buttons, prepare for grief.

Broken Example

Fixed Example


Update 04/02/2006: I found a similar problem in Firefox. It is triggered by a more complex example involving tables and new form fields.

Broken Firefox Example

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