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localStorage NULL in new tab

Hello,
I am setting

localStorage.setItem("userName",userStrName);

which is fine if it is a single tab. But as soon as new tab opens and i call

localStorage.getItem("userName");

it is null

Not sure why it is null in new tab.

Please suggest.

Brian Tao

Are the pages from the same web server?

Abhilash Nagar

ASKER

Thanks for the response Brian.
The page which i am setting is in local file system but the page which opens in new tab is hosted in IIS web server.

Ryan Chong

retrieval of localStorage from another tab should just working well.

what you could have missed are:

1. the sequence of page loading, make sure you loaded the page that calling localStorage.setItem before localStorage.getItem
2. make sure both pages are refer to the same item, in this case: "userName"
3. make sure in the process of showing userName using localStorage.getItem, value of "userName" is not being overwritten or cleared.
4. make sure you got a modern web browser that support localStorage

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Abhilash Nagar

ASKER

Thank you ,really thanks for the response.
Ok sure, so I will then host all the files on IIS and will retry again , I think ,should work after that.

Abhilash Nagar

ASKER

Thanks Brian, as you said i hosted both WEbAPI service and Webapplication , with the same IP address, it worked. Even if there is something like localhost in webapplication URL and in webapi URL it is IPaddress, it was not working. I changed the webapplication to IPaddress rather then localhost so both are same, it started working then.
So you are right, really thanks for your help.

Abhilash Nagar

ASKER

really thanks for your help.

Brian Tao

No problem. Glad to help.