Question

I am working on a site locally, which has a lot of <textarea> elements.

However, everytime I reload the site the content in the <textarea> is still there. This only happens when I hit reload / F5.

What can I do to stop the site from being cached, without using any in-browser functions.

I am looking for a solution within the site, so when other users in my office opens it, they won’t have the same problem.

Answer 1

You can disable it in your html by setting the autocomplete attribute to off:

<input name="whatever" type="text" autocomplete="off">

You could also disable it for the entire form:

<form name="form1" id="form1" method="post" autocomplete="off">

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Securing_your_site/Turning_off_form_autocompletion