A link that works like the 'back' button

[ssskaya]

I need to insert a link on my page that works like the back button of the browser.

how is that possible?

please let me know.

thanks!

[brothercake]

<a href="previous.html" onclick="javsacript:history.go(-1);return false">previous page</a>

[Borgtex]

<a href="previous.html" onclick="javascript:history.go(-1);return false">previous page</a>

a little typo :)

[redhead]

heh... a big typo more like: you dont use the javascript: psuedo thingymajig in event declarations:

<a href="previous.html" onclick="history.back(1); return false;">Back</a>

[Borgtex]

Originally posted by redhead
heh... a big typo more like: you dont use the javascript: psuedo thingymajig in event declarations:

<a href="previous.html" onclick="history.back(1); return false;">Back</a>


so that's not correct?

<a onClick="vbscript:MsgBox('Message')" href="#">text</a>

[brothercake]

Originally posted by Borgtex
so that's not correct?

<a onClick="vbscript:MsgBox('Message')" href="#">text</a>

No that's fine. You don't need the javascript: pseudo protocol - like redhead said - but you can use it if you want - specifically useful in your case there, to specify a language. But you can do the same thing with the language attribute of the <a> tag:

<a href="#" language="vbscript" onclick="MsgBox('message')">