Controlling the back button

[Sébastien Richer]

Hello,

Please don't assassinate me :-)

I want to control my user's back button. I want that when he enters a specific page, I set the previous page to something I want.

This is not to annoy the user ;-) It is because I use RadWindow and usability problems have risen with that usage.

I think I'll post in the RadWindow forum also.

Thanks, cheers !
Sébastien Richer

[Valentin.Stoychev]

Hello Sebastien,

You can handle the backspace key using the onkeydown client-side event and to redirect a user to another page using

location.href = "my_new_page.html"

Regards,
Valentin.Stoychev
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[Stuart Hemming]

Does that work in all browsers?

I only ask 'cos I regularly visit a page that traps 'shortcuts' in IE very well, but they claim not to be able to do the same thing for FF.

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Stuart

[Stuart Hemming]

Sébastien,

you need to be really sure of your audience; I don;t know why but start messing with the back button and once mild-mannered users will turn in to rabid, hate-filled psychopaths.

I'm not saying don't to it, just be careful if you do and make sure you don properly rated flameproof clothing before you release it.

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Stuart

[Kevin]

I believe in a radWindow scenario, the approach suggested by telerik would do. You can see  variations of this for example:

javascript:history.go(-1)

however this has its share of issues too. And when it comes to AJAX updates, making back button work is a major, major pain which requires all sorts of hacks.