History Object
The History object is an object that can be accessed through
the history property of the Window object.
The History object consists of an array of URLs. These URLs
are the URLs the user has visited within a browser window.
IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N:
Netscape, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet
Standard).
History Object Properties
| Property |
Description |
IE |
F |
N |
W3C |
| length |
Returns the number of elements in the
history list |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
History Object Methods
| Method |
Description |
IE |
F |
N |
W3C |
| back() |
Loads the previous URL in the history
list (same as clicking the Back button and to history.go(-1)) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
| forward() |
Loads the next URL in the history list
(same as clicking the Forward button and to
history.go(1)) |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
| go(number|"URL") |
Loads a specified URL from the history
list |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
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