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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Javascript to disable user from using the browser’s Back button

The following Javascript code would disable the user from using the browser's Back button.

<script language="javascript">
window.history.forward(1);
</script>

4 comments:

J-Fleaux said...: hee hee nice trick...I can hear them cursing now; March 2, 2006 at 4:34 PM
ray said...: this hack no longer works on firefox... please find another way!!!; October 29, 2007 at 4:23 AM
martin72 said...: Just insert this within head section :

function noBack(){window.history.forward()}
noBack();
window.onload=noBack;
window.onpageshow=function(evt){if(evt.persisted)noBack()}
window.onunload=function(){void(0)}

It works with IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera; July 20, 2008 at 12:30 AM
martin72 said...: Please note that history.forward() never gets any param.
It's equivalent to history.go(1).; July 21, 2008 at 3:26 AM