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Wednesday, 21 September 2016

javascript - How to make an HTML back link?




What is the simplest way to create an tag that links to the previous web page? Basically a simulated back button, but an actual hyperlink. Client-side technologies only, please.



Edit
Looking for solutions that have the benefit of showing the URL of the page you're about to click on when hovering, like a normal, static hyperlink. I'd rather not have the user looking at history.go(-1) when hovering on a hyperlink. Best I've found so far is:











Is document.referrer reliable? Cross-browser safe? I'll be happy to accept a better answer.


Answer



This solution has the benefit of showing the URL of the linked-to page on hover, as most browsers do by default, instead of history.go(-1) or similar:





- September 21, 2016
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