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JS & DOM Reference

Overview

JavaScript Objects

JS Array JS Boolean JS Date JS Math JS Number JS String JS RegExp JS Global

Browser Objects

Window Navigator Screen History Location

Core DOM Objects

DOM Node DOM NodeList DOM NamedNodeMap DOM Document DOM Element DOM Attr

HTML DOM Objects

DOM Document DOM Events DOM Elements
DOM Anchor DOM Area DOM Base DOM Body DOM Button DOM Form DOM Frame/IFrame DOM Frameset DOM Image DOM Input Button DOM Input Checkbox DOM Input File DOM Input Hidden DOM Input Password DOM Input Radio DOM Input Reset DOM Input Submit DOM Input Text DOM Link DOM Meta DOM Object DOM Option DOM Select DOM Style DOM Table DOM td / th DOM tr DOM Textarea

History go() Method

History Object

Definition and Usage

The go() method loads a specific URL from the history list.

The parameter can either be a number which goes to the URL within the specific position (-1 goes back one page, 1 goes forward one page), or a string. The string must be a partial or full URL, and the function will go to the first URL that matches the string.

Syntax

history.go(number|URL)

Browser Support

The go() method is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Click on the button to go back two pages:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function goBack()
  {
  window.history.go(-2)
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="button" value="Go back 2 pages" onclick="goBack()">

</body>
</html>

The output of the code above will be:

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History Object