Back Button: Best way to deal with

GaryDean · Feb 17, 2007

After a lot of Google research, there doesn't appear to be a easy solution
for detecting or preventing a user of an asp.net application from using the
backbutton.

Is there any way to deal with this problem?

Mark Rae · Feb 17, 2007

After a lot of Google research, there doesn't appear to be a easy solution
for detecting or preventing a user of an asp.net application from using
the backbutton.

That's right.

Is there any way to deal with this problem?

No.

K. Abit · Feb 17, 2007

Google javascript and back button. I'm not aware of any specific features
in the asp.net framework for handling this, though.

You can somewhat block the back button with javascript, but you can't
completely throw your visitors into quicksand forever. It's not very nice,
anyway.

ken · Feb 17, 2007

try the following

<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
history.forward();
</script>
</head>

HTH
Ken

GaryDean · Feb 17, 2007

Wow. That works great!
thanks,

GaryDean · Feb 17, 2007

Mark:
Have a look at the rest of this thread

Thomas Hansen · Feb 17, 2007

After a lot of Google research, there doesn't appear to be a easy solution
for detecting or preventing a user of an asp.net application from using the
backbutton.

Is there any way to deal with this problem?

I think there's an eent on the "window" object called "unload", but
this is basically not playing with fire but more like playing with
NUKES!!
DON'T do it!!

Mark Rae · Feb 18, 2007

Have a look at the rest of this thread

I have - the "solution" you have been given is not guaranteed to work on all
browsers on all platforms - you simply can't rely on it...

GaryDean · Feb 22, 2007

Mark,
hmmm... I tested it on both IE6&7 and Firefox on XP and Vista and it works
fine. This is a corp app and I.E. is enforced so it looks like it will be
fine. Do you know of any specific browsers or platforms (that support
javascript) where it does not work?
Gary

Mark Rae · Feb 22, 2007

hmmm... I tested it on both IE6&7 and Firefox on XP and Vista and it works
fine. This is a corp app and I.E. is enforced so it looks like it will be
fine. Do you know of any specific browsers or platforms (that support
javascript) where it does not work?

http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/backbutton.html

If you absolutely must use this, then at least use the correct syntax i.e.

<script type="text/javascript">

rather than

<script language="javascript">

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_script.asp

ken · Feb 28, 2007

Try this
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
history.forward();
</script>
</head>

HTH
Ken

Mark Rae · Feb 28, 2007

Try this
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
history.forward();
</script>
</head>

http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/backbutton.html

If you absolutely *must* use this, then at least use the correct syntax i.e.

<script type="text/javascript">

rather than

<script language="javascript">

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_script.asp

Guest · May 23, 2007

Mark Rae said:
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/backbutton.html

If you absolutely *must* use this, then at least use the correct syntax i.e.

<script type="text/javascript">

rather than

<script language="javascript">

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_script.asp

LOL! Think you've really scraped the "egg" off your face there Mark. Nice
one. An absolute life saver.

Rest of you - thanks for this rather handy fix....

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