From 6e5253ce28fccc5b1c31714ac3ddd785aa5c1b23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rameel <rameel-b@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 23:43:27 +0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] http: unify HTMX request detection

---
 src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxRequestHeaders.cs    | 2 +-
 src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HttpRequestExtensions.cs | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxRequestHeaders.cs b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxRequestHeaders.cs
index 16c098d..07783dd 100644
--- a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxRequestHeaders.cs
+++ b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxRequestHeaders.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ internal HtmxRequestHeaders(HttpRequest request) =>
     /// <remarks>
     /// The header name is <see cref="HtmxRequestHeaderNames.Request" />.
     /// </remarks>
-    public bool Request => GetBoolean(_headers, HtmxRequestHeaderNames.Request);
+    public bool Request => _headers.ContainsKey(HtmxRequestHeaderNames.Request);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the type of the expected response, either a partial or a full page.
diff --git a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HttpRequestExtensions.cs b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
index 06b3e94..96cb6ce 100644
--- a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HttpRequestExtensions.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public static class HttpRequestExtensions
     /// otherwise, <see langword="false" />.
     /// </returns>
     public static bool IsHtmxRequest(this HttpRequest request) =>
-        request.Headers.ContainsKey(HtmxRequestHeaderNames.Request);
+        request.GetHtmxHeaders().Request;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines whether the specified HTTP request is an HTMX request.
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ public static bool IsHtmxRequest(this HttpRequest request) =>
     public static bool IsHtmxRequest(this HttpRequest request, out HtmxRequestHeaders headers)
     {
         headers = new HtmxRequestHeaders(request);
-        return request.IsHtmxRequest();
+        return headers.Request;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Determines whether the specified HTTP request was made using AJAX instead of a normal navigation.
+    /// Determines whether the request came from a link or form enhanced with <c>hx-boost</c>.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="request">The HTTP request.</param>
     /// <returns>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public static bool IsHtmxRequest(this HttpRequest request, out HtmxRequestHeader
     /// otherwise, <see langword="false" />.
     /// </returns>
     public static bool IsHtmxBoosted(this HttpRequest request) =>
-        request.Headers.TryGetValue(HtmxRequestHeaderNames.Boosted, out var value) && value is ["true"];
+        request.GetHtmxHeaders().Boosted;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Determines whether the specified HTTP request has an <c>HX-Request-Type</c> value of <c>"full"</c>.

From 13922bf7993615cec2f2df68dbd3c2297a04ec3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rameel <rameel-b@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 23:44:02 +0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] http: remove response headers when assigned null or empty
 values

---
 src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxResponseHeaders.cs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxResponseHeaders.cs b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxResponseHeaders.cs
index b0cc14a..5fd5f41 100644
--- a/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxResponseHeaders.cs
+++ b/src/Ramstack.HtmxToolkit/HtmxResponseHeaders.cs
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ public string Reselect
     /// <param name="value">The header value.</param>
     private static void SetHeader(IHeaderDictionary headers, string key, string? value)
     {
-        if (value is not null)
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
+            headers.Remove(key);
+        else
             headers[key] = value;
     }