The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition

History

The history of URLs visited by the visitor's browser.

Properties

length

FF, IE 4

Number of URLs in the history list

Methods

back()

FF, IE 3

Returns to the previous page (like clicking the browser's back button)

Example:

history.back();

forward()

FF, IE 3

Advances to the next page (like clicking the browser's forward button)

Example:

history.forward();

go()

FF, IE 3

Takes one parameter: the number of URLs to advance (positive values) or go back (negative values). In IE 3, the parameter can be only −1, 0, or 1.

Example:

history.go(-2);