added a simple redirect result that will use 303 and show that even w…

…hen using 303 - chrome still fails.

now you can see both options are effed

ChromePRG/ChromePRG.csproj

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Global.asax.cs">
       <DependentUpon>Global.asax</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Models\SeeOtherRedirectResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -77,14 +78,13 @@
     <Content Include="Content\Site.css" />
     <Content Include="Views\_ViewStart.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Home\NewSomething.cshtml" />
-    <Content Include="Views\Home\Index.cshtml" />
+    <Content Include="Views\Home\Grid.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Shared\Error.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Shared\_Layout.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Web.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="App_Data\" />
-    <Folder Include="Models\" />
     <Folder Include="Scripts\" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />

ChromePRG/Controllers/HomeController.cs

@@ -8,20 +8,32 @@ namespace ChromePRG.Controllers
 {
 	public class HomeController : Controller
 	{
-		public ActionResult Index()
+		public ActionResult Grid()
 		{
 			return View();
 		}
 
-		public ActionResult NewSomething()
+		public ActionResult RedirectWith302()
 		{
-			return View();
+			return View("NewSomething");
+		}
+
+		[HttpPost]
+		public ActionResult RedirectWith302(string someData)
+		{
+			return RedirectToAction("Grid");
+		}
+
+
+		public ActionResult RedirectWith303()
+		{
+			return View("NewSomething");
 		}
 
 		[HttpPost]
-		public ActionResult NewSomething(string someData)
+		public ActionResult RedirectWith303(string someData)
 		{
-			return RedirectToAction("index");
+			return new SeeOtherRedirectResult(this.HttpContext.Request.RequestContext, "Grid", "Home");
 		}
 	}
 }

ChromePRG/Global.asax.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
 			routes.MapRoute(
 				"Default", // Route name
 				"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
-				new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
+				new { controller = "Home", action = "Grid", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
 			);
 
 		}

ChromePRG/Models/SeeOtherRedirectResult.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.UI;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Routing;
+
+namespace ChromePRG
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// use this to redirect with 303 result
+	/// return this when redirecting after a post request
+	/// </summary>
+	public class SeeOtherRedirectResult : ActionResult
+	{
+		public string Url { get; set; }
+
+		public SeeOtherRedirectResult(string url)
+		{
+			this.Url = url;
+		}
+
+		public SeeOtherRedirectResult(RequestContext context, string actionName, string controllerName)
+		{
+			UrlHelper urlHelper = new UrlHelper(context);
+			string url = urlHelper.Action(actionName, controllerName);
+
+			this.Url = url;
+		}
+
+		public SeeOtherRedirectResult(RequestContext context, string actionName, string controllerName, object values)
+		{
+			UrlHelper urlHelper = new UrlHelper(context);
+			string url = urlHelper.Action(actionName, controllerName, values);
+
+			this.Url = url;
+		}
+
+		public SeeOtherRedirectResult(RequestContext context, string actionName, string controllerName, RouteValueDictionary values)
+		{
+			UrlHelper urlHelper = new UrlHelper(context);
+			string url = urlHelper.Action(actionName, controllerName, values);
+
+			this.Url = url;
+		}
+
+		public override void ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context)
+		{
+			if (context == null)
+			{
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("context");
+			}
+			context.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = 303;
+			context.HttpContext.Response.RedirectLocation = Url;
+			context.HttpContext.Response.End();
+		}
+	}
+
+}

ChromePRG/Views/Home/Index.cshtml → ChromePRG/Views/Home/Grid.cshtml

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 <h2>Showing a bug in Chrome History</h2>
 <p>Let's assume this is a grid, showing a lot of data. <br />
-and there is this link to add more data  @Html.ActionLink("Click me to go to the form","NewSomething")
+and there is this link to add more data  @Html.ActionLink("Click me to go to the form", "RedirectWith302")
+<br /><br />
+NOTE: even when using a form that redirects with 303, this problem happens <br />
+here is a link to a form that after post will redirect with 303: @Html.ActionLink("Click me to go to the form that redirects with 303", "RedirectWith303")
 </p>
 
 Open this site in Chrome and to the following:

ChromePRG/Views/Home/NewSomething.cshtml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     ViewBag.Title = "About Us";
 }
 
-<h2>I do regular post redirect get and i post back to the Index(Grid)</h2>
+<h2>I do regular post redirect get and i post back to the Grid</h2>
 <p>Just click the submit button, and then return here and submit again</p> 
 @using (Html.BeginForm()){
 @Html.Label("someData", "enter some data:") @:&nbsp; @Html.TextBox("someData")

ChromePRG/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         <header>
             <nav>
                 <ul id="menu">
-                    <li>@Html.ActionLink("Grid", "Index", "Home")</li>
-                    <li>@Html.ActionLink("Form", "NewSomething", "Home")</li>
+                    <li>@Html.ActionLink("Grid", "Grid", "Home")</li>
+                 @*   <li>@Html.ActionLink("Form", "RedirectWith302", "Home")</li>*@
                 </ul>
             </nav>
         </header>