title: ASP.NET Webforms: Recreate a Postback View on Client-side without calling Event Handler
body: <p>This is just a curious (potentially stupid) question. I am fairly new to ASP.NET but...</p>
  
  <p>I was testing out some functionality on my ASP.NET Web forms page and every time I test I have to <em>select some options on a few drop-down lists and hit a submit button</em>, at which point the triggers a post-back.</p>
  
  <p>The <em>select some options on a few drop-down lists and hit a submit button</em> action feels mundane and I wanted to know... <strong>what changes client-side when you trigger a post-back?</strong> and... <strong>is there anything I can do in the browser/inspect tool that will return to me the same page view/result of the post-back without <em>select some options on a few drop-down lists and hit a submit button</em> without data maintenance through page life-cycle (Session/ViewState).</strong></p>
  
  <p>I was thinking the only way was to copy the entire HTML on the triggered control event page and have it render that?</p>