replicate what the back button on the browser does… EXACTLY

Question

as the title suggests, I'd like to click on something on my website, and have it do EXACTLY the same thing as the back button.

I have tried window.history.go(-1) which seems to be going back 2 pages as opposed to 1 on all browsers except firefox where it seems to work.

The back button on any browser at all, does exactly what I want. returns to the previous page, showing the same page data from before. Any ideas why window.history.go(-1) would go back twice, and any idea if there is another way that mimics the back button EXACTLY?

Thanks

Answer 1

Try using window.history.back();

See here