Javascript: How to navigate back and remove current state from history?

Question

Lets imagine we have to html sites:

- login
- register

I start at login and i navigate to register, so my history stack is now:

login -> register

What i now need is a JavaScript function to navigate back from register to login

login <- register

and delete the register history entry so that the user cant use forward to get back to the register site.

Is that even possible?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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When you leave the register page you could...

location.replace("/login");

... this should not add an item to the history - see: In Javascript, how do I "clear" the back (history -1)?.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

Community

answered Jun 17 '16 at 17:41

Billy Moon

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Yes indeed. it does not add an item to the history. but i now have two times `login` in the history `login -> login`. – Mulgard Jun 17 '16 at 17:44
Could use it to navigate to the register page too then..? – Billy Moon Jun 17 '16 at 18:26
@BillyMoon Sure, but then the user cannot use the back button to get back to the login page from register. – Martin Braun Aug 23 '17 at 13:18

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