JavaScript or jQuery browser back button click detector
back-button, javascript, jquery
Solution
The 'popstate' event only works when you push something before. So you have to do something like this:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
if (window.history && window.history.pushState) {
window.history.pushState('forward', null, './#forward');
$(window).on('popstate', function() {
alert('Back button was pressed.');
});
}
});
For browser backward compatibility I recommend: history.js
Problem
Could someone please share experience / code how we can detect the browser back button click (for any type of browsers)? We need to cater all browser that doesn't support HTML5