Disable back button of browser

Ashokkumar_Yuvarajan · December 21, 2012, 6:32am

Hi Folks,

Good Day,

How to disable back button of browser??

Please advise!

Thank You.

Jim_Ruther_Nill · December 21, 2012, 6:34am

Hi Folks,

Good Day,

*How to disable back button of browser??*

you cant.

Jordon_Bedwell · December 21, 2012, 6:35am

You can't. It's the users browser, not yours.

Ashokkumar_Yuvarajan · December 21, 2012, 7:10am

Thanks!

Is there any another way??

My requirement is, once i clicks the browser back button my site redirect to home page.

Please advice!

Jordon_Bedwell · December 21, 2012, 7:24am

The saying "it's more trouble than it's worth" is particularly fitting in this situation.

Jim_Ruther_Nill · December 21, 2012, 7:33am

Thanks!

Is there any another way??

Nope.

My requirement is, once i clicks the browser back button my site *redirect to home page*.

Please advice!

If there is a way, this is not the forum to ask

Rafi_A · December 21, 2012, 10:33am

Ashok,

You can disable the browser back button with the help of JavaScript snippets:

Tim_Slattery · December 21, 2012, 2:04pm

I don't think so. This is in the FAQ in comp.lang.javascript, and the answer is that it can't be done.

Scott_Ribe · December 21, 2012, 2:41pm

NO NO NO! 100 TIMES NO!

The back button is so fundamental to the experience of using a browser, that if your design needs it to be disabled, then your design is broken. Period. End of discussion.

Matt_Jones · December 21, 2012, 7:09pm

As others have indicated, it’s tricky-to-impossible and considered seriously bad practice to do this sort of fiddling with the browser’s navigation.

A better question is, why does this need to happen? There’s a good chance that the need for this sort of behavior reflects a design smell someplace else - for instance, trying to maintain session state in the URL or similar.

–Matt Jones