How to make an HTML back link?

Question

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

Answer 1

The easiest way is to use history.go(-1);

Try this:

<a href="#" onclick="history.go(-1)">Go Back</a>

Answer 2

history.go(-1) doesn't work if you click around in the 2nd domain or if the referrer is empty.

So we have to store the historyCount on arriving to this domain and go back the number of navigations in this side minus 1.

// if referrer is different from this site
if (!document.referrer.includes(window.location.host)) {
  // store current history length
  localStorage.setItem('historyLength', `${history.length}`);
}

// Return to stored referrer on logo click
document.querySelector('header .logo').addEventListener('click', 
  () =>
   history.go(Number(localStorage.getItem('historyLength')) - history.length -1)
);

Answer 3

you can try javascript

<A HREF="javascript:history.go(-1)">

refer JavaScript Back Button

EDIT

to display url of refer http://www.javascriptkit.com/javatutors/crossmenu2.shtml

and send the element a itself in onmouseover as follow

function showtext(thetext) {
  if (!document.getElementById)
    return
  textcontainerobj = document.getElementById("tabledescription")
  browserdetect = textcontainerobj.filters ? "ie" : typeof textcontainerobj.style.MozOpacity == "string" ? "mozilla" : ""
  instantset(baseopacity)
  document.getElementById("tabledescription").innerHTML = thetext.href
  highlighting = setInterval("gradualfade(textcontainerobj)", 50)
}

 <a href="http://www.javascriptkit.com" onMouseover="showtext(this)" onMouseout="hidetext()">JavaScript Kit</a>

check jsfiddle

Answer 4

<a href="#" onclick="history.back();">Back</a>

Answer 5

For going back to previous page using Anchor Tag <a>, below are 2 working methods and out of them 1st one is faster and have one great advantage in going back to previous page.

I have tried both methods.

1)

<a href="#" onclick="location.href = document.referrer; return false;">Go Back</a>

Above method (1) works great if you have clicked on a link and opened link in a New Tab in current browser window.

2)

<a href="javascript:history.back()">Go Back</a>

Above method (2) only works ok if you have clicked on a link and opened link in a Current Tab in current browser window.

It will not work if you have open link in New Tab. Here history.back() will not work if link is opened in New Tab of web browser.

Answer 6

try this

<a href="javascript:history.go(-1)"> Go Back </a>