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I need to have a link in some pages of a website, by clicking on it, it needs to go back to the previous page, just like the browser's back button. What is the right way to do that? I'm thinking that I should use some client side scripting like Javascript, right?

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mahsa.teimourikia
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In JavaScript, it's:

history.go(-1);

or

history.back();
T.J. Crowder
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Just use

history.go(-1);

But you cannot go forward anymore after that (so the Forward button doesn't bring you back to where you were -- i.e., this is not 100% the same as clicking the Back button).

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    In order to got forward you have to use `back()` instead of `go(-1)`. After a call to `back()` you can use `forward()`. – KeyNone Nov 21 '12 at 09:52
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You can use:

<form>
    <input type="button" value="Zurück" name="back" onClick="javascript:history.back(1)">
</form>

Or within a link:

<a href="javascript:history.back(1)">back</a>

If you want to go forward afterwards, use history.forward(1), but be aware: this only works if you called back() before!

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Something like:

<script>
function goBack()
{
  window.history.back()
}
</script>

should do it.

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I think you can use the History API for browsers.

window.history.back()

This should work.

Amogh Talpallikar
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Clicking on button takes browser back

<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Go Back" ONCLICK="history.back()">
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<FORM><INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Go Back" 
ONCLICK="history.go(-1)"></FORM>

Try this code

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