history object
Provides access to the browser history that contains the URLs of visited pages.
Because of security restrictions, the URLs listed in the browser history are read-only, but it is allowed to navigate in the history with the back, forward or go methods.
If you want to load a new document, use the location object instead.
If you want to load a new document, use the location object instead.
Syntax:
Properties that reference the object:
| • | window.history |
The base interface, through which you can add new functionalities to the history object, is the History interface.
Possible members:
Properties:
| Returns the URL of the current document in the history array. | |||||||
| Returns the number of entries in the history list of the current browser window. | |||||||
| Sets or retrieves the navigation type in the history. | |||||||
| Returns the URL of the next document in the history array. | |||||||
| Returns the URL of the previous document in the history array. |
Methods:
| back | Loads the previous page form the history list into the current window. | ||||||
| forward | Loads the next page form the history list into the current window. | ||||||
| go | Loads a page from the history list into the current window. |
Example HTML code 1:
This example illustrates the use of the history object:
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<head> <script type="text/javascript"> function GoBack () { history.back (); } function GoForward () { history.forward (); } </script> </head> <body> Click on the following anchors first to add items to the history list. <br /> <a href="#target1">First anchor</a> <a name="target1"></a> <br /> <a href="#target2">Second anchor</a> <a name="target2"></a> <br /><br /> Use these buttons to navigate in the history list: <button onclick="GoBack ();">go back in the history list</button> <button onclick="GoForward ();">go forward in the history list</button> </body> |
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