Name

Window.back( ) — go back to previous document

Availability

Netscape 4

Synopsis

                  window.back(  )

Description

Calling back( ) makes the browser display the document previously displayed in window, exactly as if the user had clicked on the window’s Back button.

Note that for framed documents, there may be differences between the behavior of Window.back( ) and History.back( ).

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