How do I insert an entry into browsing history via JavaScript

Question

How do I insert an entry into browsing history so back button goes to different page 1st click then original page on 2nd click?

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Answer 1

You can't directly manipulate the browsing history.

Such a feature would be seen as a security hole (and it would be), so I doubt that any browsers would ever implement it.

You might be able to hack around it however by doing something like this:

NOTE: This entirely hinges around the assumption that the referrer will get changed by the back button. I don't think this actually happens, so it more than likely won't work, but hey.

You have two pages, PageA and PageB.

• The user hits PageA
• The page (on the client, using javascript) checks the HTTP referrer, and if it is not PageB, then it immediately redirects the user to PageB.
• Now that you're on PageB, if the user clicks the back button, it will go back to PageA.
• PageA will check the referrer, it willmay be PageB, so there is no redirect.