history.back() in iframe

[hsriat]

I have an iframe in which there is a link with href="javascrip t:history.back()"

But instead of moving the iframe's location back, it moves back the main page.

Any solution?

[hsriat]

Solved:

For an iframe, back link should be:[html]<a href = "javascript:par ent.document.ge tElementById('i d_Of_Iframe').c ontentWindow.hi story.back();" >Back</a>[/html]

[rnd me]

EDIT- solved while posting.

i cannot reproduce the problem in FF or ie7, is this an issue on either of those?

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general suggestions:
name your iframe and set the A's target attrib to the name.
try this.history.ba ck()
use javascript:void (back()) in firefox, or something like window.back?bac k():history.bac k()

keep you own page history stack using push() and pop() to change location of frame.

[hsriat]

i cannot reproduce the problem in FF or ie7, is this an issue on either of those?

With Firefox.

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general suggestions:
name your iframe and set the A's target attrib to the name.

This works good! I missed using target. I had in mind that target is by default the same frame in which the <a> is. Which is actually right, but somehow, history.back() is an exception.

try this.history.ba ck()
use javascript:void (back()) in firefox, or something like window.back?bac k():history.bac k()

keep you own page history stack using push() and pop() to change location of frame.

That is only good if you have to show a drop down when a user click on a custom back button inside the page. You can thus ask him to choose any of the previous pages. That can be used.

Thanks

Harpreet

[hxie]

try this:
//click todo
if(document.ref errer){
window.location .href = document.referr er
}

[tazosmr]

try this:
//click todo
if(document.ref errer){
window.location .href = document.referr er
}

thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

I used this one too:

<script type="text/javascript">
alert(parent.location.href);
alert(document.referrer);
if (parent.location.href != document.referrer )
{
  document.write('<a style="float:left;background-color:red;" href="javascript:self.history.back(-1);">Go Back</a>');
}
</script>