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What is the role of the window.history object in JavaScript?
The window.history object is used to go back or to the next page of the web browser. It has the browser's history and comes with the following two methods −
- history.back − Go to previous URL
- history.next − Go to next URL
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to work with window.history object in JavaScript −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
function backPage() {
window.history.back()
}
function nextPage() {
window.history.next()
}
</script>
<input type="button" value="Previous URL" onclick="backPage()">
<input type="button" value="Next URL" onclick="nextPage()">
</body>
</html>
Updated on: 23-Jun-2020
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