Can I store entire label to sessionStorage

Question

Hi all I would like to access label and set the text for that label in another form, so I tried as follows

function ShowNewPage() {
        sessionStorage.setItem("total", $('#<%= lblHidden %>'));
        modalWin.ShowURL('test.html', 300, 400, 'Second From', null, callbackFunctionArray);
    }

But I am not able to access the label it in another form when I use the following sessionStorage.getItem("total") so can some one help me

Answer 1

Web storage only stores strings so you can't store a jQuery object or dom element directly

Just store the selector that references that object and you can wrap the stored selector in $() when you need to use it

sessionStorage.setItem("total", '#<%= lblHidden %>');

Then to use:

var selector = sessionStorage.getItem("total");
alert($(selector).attr('id'));