jQuery UI Chosen MultiSelect plugin selection retained in Chrome but not IE11 or Edge

Question

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I'm using the jQuery ChosenMultiSelect plugin. When using IE 11 or Microsoft Edge, if I select 3 options from the dropdown, browse to another page and then press the browser back button, the values are not retained in the textarea.

In Chrome if I do the same thing the values are retained.

Answer 1

I've done this works by setting parameters in the URL by window.history.pushState (null, null, url);.

Function from this answer:

function parameterizeArray(key, arr) {
    if (!arr) {
        return "";
    }
    arr = arr.map(encodeURIComponent);
    return '?' + key + '=' + arr.join('&' + key + '=');
}