jQuery Mobile - Back Button

Description

Create the back button in a page using the data-rel = "back" attribute.

Example

Following example demonstrates the use of back button in the jQuery Mobile Framework.

Live Demo 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width, initial-scale = 1">
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css">
      <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
      <script src = "https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
   </head>

   <body>
      <div data-role = "page" id = "page1">
         <div data-role = "header">
            <h2>Header</h2>
         </div>

         <div data-role = "main" class = "ui-content">
            <a href = "#page2" class = "ui-btn">Go to Page Two</a>
         </div>

         <div data-role = "footer">
            <h2>Footer</h2>
         </div>
      </div>

      <div data-role = "page" id = "page2">
         <div data-role = "header">
            <h2>Header</h2>
         </div>

         <div data-role = "main" class = "ui-content">
            <a href = "#" class = "ui-btn" data-rel = "back">Go Back to Page One</a>
         </div>

         <div data-role = "footer">
            <h2>Footer</h2>
         </div>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Let's carry out the following steps to see how the above code works −

  • Save the above html code as btn_back_button.html file in your server root folder.

  • Open this HTML file as http://localhost/btn_back_button.html and the following output will be displayed.

jquery_mobile_widgets.htm
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