Disable back button of browser

Maddy

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Dec 21, 2012, 1:32:19 AM12/21/12

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Hi Folks,

Good Day,

How to disable back button of browser??

Please advise!

Thank You.

Jim Ruther Nill

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Dec 21, 2012, 1:34:00 AM12/21/12

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Maddy <ashok...@shriramits.com> wrote:

Hi Folks,

Good Day,

How to disable back button of browser??

you cant.

Please advise!

Thank You.

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Maddy <ashok...@shriramits.com> wrote:
> How to disable back button of browser??

You can't. It's the users browser, not yours.

Ashokkumar Yuvarajan

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Dec 21, 2012, 2:10:51 AM12/21/12

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Thanks!

Is there any another way??

My requirement is, once i clicks the browser back button my site redirect to home page.

Please advice!

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Ashokkumar Yuvarajan
<ashok...@shriramits.com> wrote:
> Is there any another way??
>
> My requirement is, once i clicks the browser back button my site redirect to
> home page.

The saying "it's more trouble than it's worth" is particularly fitting
in this situation.

Jim Ruther Nill

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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Ashokkumar Yuvarajan <ashok...@shriramits.com> wrote:

Thanks!

Is there any another way??

Nope.

My requirement is, once i clicks the browser back button my site redirect to home page.

Please advice!

If there is a way, this is not the forum to ask :)

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Jordon Bedwell <envy...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Maddy <ashok...@shriramits.com> wrote:
> How to disable back button of browser??

You can't. It's the users browser, not yours.

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Rafi A

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Dec 21, 2012, 5:33:47 AM12/21/12

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Ashok,

You can disable the browser back button with the help of JavaScript snippets:

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Tim Slattery

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Dec 21, 2012, 9:04:24 AM12/21/12

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Rafi A <rafi...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Ashok,
>
>You can disable the browser back button with the help
>of JavaScript snippets:

I don't think so. This is in the FAQ in comp.lang.javascript, and the
answer is that it can't be done.

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Scott Ribe

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Dec 21, 2012, 9:41:49 AM12/21/12

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On Dec 20, 2012, at 11:32 PM, Maddy wrote:

> How to disable back button of browser??

NO NO NO! 100 TIMES NO!

The back button is so fundamental to the experience of using a browser, that if your design needs it to be disabled, then your design is broken. Period. End of discussion.

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Matt Jones

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Dec 21, 2012, 2:09:08 PM12/21/12

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On Friday, 21 December 2012 02:10:51 UTC-5, Maddy wrote:

Thanks!

Is there any another way??

My requirement is, once i clicks the browser back button my site redirect to home page.

Please advice!

As others have indicated, it's tricky-to-impossible and considered *seriously* bad practice to do this sort of fiddling with the browser's navigation.

A better question is, why does this need to happen? There's a good chance that the need for this sort of behavior reflects a design smell someplace else - for instance, trying to maintain session state in the URL or similar.

--Matt Jones

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