Last updated on January 23rd, 2023 at 05:51 pm
Hello webmasters, I am going to share with you a quick tutorial on how to disable browser back button, this will work fine in Mozilla, IE , chrome and all other famous browsers. There are multiple ways to disable browser back button using Javascript.
With the use of a simple javascript we can force the webpage to go forward once the back button is being triggered. This script will be very powerful when combined with database operations where a web developer doesn’t want users to use back button in browser.
For example when a Bank Transaction has taken place in the previous page.
This one works with Mozilla Firefox
<body onUnload="noBack()">
<script>
function noBack()
{
window.history.forward(1);
}
</script>
You can also use the below script, but i have noticed that it wont work in some browsers especially Mozilla v 3.5
if(history.length>0)
{
history.go(+1)
}
Above scripts may not be compatible with all browsers.
This script works on Chrome and Firefox
<script type = "text/javascript" >
history.pushState(null, null, location.href);
history.back();
history.forward();
window.onpopstate = function () { history.go(1); };
</script>
history.pushState() : Adds an entry to the browser’s history
history.back() : Make browser to move back one page
history.forward() : Make browser to move forward one page
More details on history interface can be found here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History
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