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Asked: 2026-05-10T22:18:01+00:00

I’m reloading a web page that has the following code: <label for=showimage>Show Image</label> <input

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I’m reloading a web page that has the following code:

<label for='showimage'>Show Image</label> <input id='showimage' name='showimage' type='checkbox' value='1' />

Even though the HTML stays sent to the browser is the same for each reload of the page, the checkbox always takes on the checked value when a reload was performed. In other words, if the user checks the checkbox and reloads, the checkbox is still checked.

Is there some caching going on here?

Edit: I tried Gordon Bell’s solution below and find that this is still happening even after removing the value=’1′. Anything else I might be missing?

<label for='showimage'>Show Image</label>  <input id='showimage' name='showimage' type='checkbox' />
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  1. Yes, I believe it is caching. I see this behaviour on Firefox for example (not Safari, for what that’s worth 🙂 ).

    you can reload the page and bypass the cache (on Firefox) using CTRL–SHIFT–R and you’ll see the check value doesn’t carry (a normal CTRL–R will grab the info from the cache however)

    edit: I was able to disable this server side on Firefox, setting a cache control header:

    Cache-Control: no-store

    this seems to disable the ‘remember form values’ feature of Firefox

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