使用IE开发人员工具登录时，如何查找是否通过表单发布传递了返回网址？

Question

I am working on a website with a couple of secure pages. When I click on any of the links to access these pages IM automatically redirected to the sign -in page, which is normal behavior.

However, on signing in, instead of being directed to the original page I requested or clicked on I am brought back to the home page.

I would like to find out if the return Url is being passed back via form post when signing in.

How do I find this using IE developer tools or firebug?

Answer 1

As far as I remember you cannot log requests/responses in IE developer toolbar. But there are powerful tools like Fiddler Web Debugger or Wireshark (haven't tried this one myself) for this purpose.

In Firebug you can switch to the Net tab and access data transfer related information. If you expand a POST request, you will find a tab that shows the data that were posted with the request. In Google Chrome you will get the same functionality with the built in developer tools on the Network tab.

If you are debugging encrypted (https) pages it's the easiest to use Firebug because Fiddler and Wireshark must be specially configured to allow this.