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I have an issue with jquery and history.back(): I got a link:

<a href="#" id="backLink">Link back</a>

I cant use something like href="javascript:history.back()" as the CMS used is blocking inline JS (for whatever reason).

So I place a JS like this:

$("#backLink").click(function() {
    event.preventDefault();
    history.back(1);
});

But this does not seem to work! On Safari and Chrome no problem, but on FF, IE this link is not working!

Is there a way how to use this for all browsers - or is there some mistake in the above code?

Thanks in advance!

Manuel
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Probably you are missing to specify event as function argument, try specifying that too:

$("#backLink").click(function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    history.back(1);
});

In other words, you had problem on event.preventDefault(); which most likely prevented below code from running or working.

Blaster
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An easy method:

 <a href="javascript: history.go(1)" id="backLink">Link back</a>
helloflash
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I'd try:

javascript: history.back(1)

otherwise using:

javascript: history.go(1)

the browser will stay where it is. That's not really what was initially requested, is it?

SMut
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