History: go() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The go() method of the History interface loads a specific page from the
session history. You can use it to move forwards and backwards through the history
depending on the value of a parameter.
This method is asynchronous. Add a listener for the
popstate event in order to determine when the navigation has completed.
Syntax
go()
go(delta)
Parameters
deltaOptional-
The position in the history to which you want to move, relative to the current page. A negative value moves backwards, a positive value moves forwards. So, for example,
history.go(2)moves forward two pages andhistory.go(-2)moves back two pages. If no value is passed or ifdeltaequals 0, it has the same result as callinglocation.reload().
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
SecurityErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the associated document is not fully active. Browsers also throttle navigations and may throw this error, generate a warning, or ignore the call if it's called too frequently.
Examples
To move back one page (the equivalent of calling back()):
history.go(-1);
To move forward a page, just like calling forward():
history.go(1);
To move forward two pages:
history.go(2);
To move backwards by two pages:
history.go(-2);
And finally, either of the following statements will reload the current page:
history.go();
history.go(0);
Specifications
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