FP2000: How to Create a "Back" Button on a Web Page Using Custom HTML (205693)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft FrontPage 2000
This article was previously published under Q205693

For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194157.
For a Microsoft FrontPage 97 and earlier version of this article, see 168391.

SUMMARY

This article provides sample HTML code that inserts a command button, or a hyperlink, on a Web page that will return you to the previous document when you click the link or button.

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HTML Code That Uses VBScript:

<FORM method="POST" name="VBScript_Nav_Sample">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Go Back!" VALUE="VBScript_Backup_Sample" LANGUAGE="VBScript" OnClick="call window.history.back(1)">
</FORM>

HTML Code That Uses JavaScript:

<FORM>
<input type="button" value="Button" name="B3" onClick="javascript:history.back(1)">
</FORM>

The following HTML code adds a hyperlink that retraces the Web browser's history:

<a href="JavaScript:history.back(1)">the past</a>

NOTE: Netscape Navigator versions 4.5 and earlier require all form elements to be contained within form tags. If you are certain your browsing audience will be using Internet Explorer, you may omit the form tags from the sample above.

Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Internet Explorer 3.0 and all more recent versions of those browsers support the onClick method of the button input type.

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/18/2005
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