JavaScript History method: go()
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The go() method (when applied to History objects
in the JavaScript
BOM) loads a URL from
the history list.
It
has the following syntax with the following parameters. It does not return
a value.
history.go(param)
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Parameter
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Required / Optional
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Description
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param
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Required
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Either a number
indicating where within the history list to go to (e.g. -1 goes back a page,
+1 goes forward a page), or a string representing a partial or full URL
(method will go to first URL that
matches the string)
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
table,th,tr,td {border: 1px solid black; border-collapse :collapse;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Note: clicking on any of these buttons is unlikely to result in any action,
as there is no previous or subsequent URL in the URL history list<br><br>
<button onclick="historyBack()">go back a page in history list</button><br>
<button onclick="historyForward()">go back a page in history list</button><br>
<button onclick="historyGo()">go back two pages in history list</button><br>
<script>
function historyBack() {
window.history.back();
}
function historyForward() {
window.history.forward();
}
function historyForward() {
window.history.go(-2);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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