Preventing the use of the browser's

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Preventing the use of the browser's "Back" button

Overview

If the browser "Back" button is used to display the previous page, this action will have no effect.

Operating mode

Disabling the "Previous page" feature of the browser inserts the following Javascript code into the generated HTML page:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
history.forward()
</SCRIPT>

When running the page in a browser, it will not be possible to go back to this page by using the "Back" button.

Remarks

This action will have no effect.
Clicking the browser "Back" button can make the page blink.
This mechanism can fail if the browser [STOP] button is clicked before the forward() statement is run by the browser.

Implementation

Disabling the browser "Back" button for a specific page

To disable the browser "Back" button for a specific page:

Display the "UI" tab of the page description window ( "Description" option in the page popup menu).
In the "Options" area, for the option "Using the browser "Back" button", select "Forbidden".
Validate.

Disabling the browser "Back" button for a frameset

To disable the browser "Back" button for a frameset:

Display the "UI" tab of the frameset description window ( "Description" option in the frame popup menu).
In the "Options" area, for the option "Using the browser "Back" button", select "Forbidden".
Validate.

Disabling the browser "Back" button for all the project pages

To disable the browser "Back" button for all project pages:

Open the project description: on the "Project" pane, in the "Project" group, click "Description".
In the "Advanced" tab, for the option "Default option for managing the browser "Back" button", check "Forbidden".
Validate. This option will be automatically taken into account for all new site pages.