Web browsers have a back button that lets you go back to the previous page you just visited. If you want this functionality to be performed using a button in HTML you need to make use of history.back() function available in window object.
To demonstrate, let's create a HTML page with a button and call getPrevPage() function onClick of it. Create a function in head section script block.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function getPrevPage() {
//gets to the previous loaded page
window.history.back();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Back" onclick="getPrevPage()">
</body>
</html>
Similarly we have window.history.forward() that works just as the forward button on the web browsers. Lets create an example with both back and forward button implementation.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Previous and Next Page button implementation using Javascript</title>
<script>
function getPrevPage() {
//gets to the previous loaded page
window.history.back();
}
function getNextPage() {
//gets to the next loaded page
window.history.forward();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="Load Prev Page" onclick="getPrevPage()">
<input type="button" value="Load Next Page" onclick="getNextPage()">
</body>
</html>
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