History Object


history Object

Description

An object that resides below the window in the scripting object model. This object accesses the history list from the browser.

The history object exposes methods for navigating through the current history.

Methods

back, forward, go

Properties

length


Properties


length Property

Description

Returns the length of the history list.

Syntax

history.length

PartDescription
history An object expression that evaluates to a history object.

Return Value

Returns the number of entries in the history.

Always returns zero in current implementation.

Applies To

History

Methods

back, forward, go


Methods


back Method

Description

Jumps back in the history n steps. This behaves exactly as if the user has clicked on the back button n times.

Syntax

history.back n

PartDescription
history An object expression that evaluates to a history object.
n The number of pages to jump back in the history. N is always an integer >= 0.

Remarks

Disabled in current implementation.

Applies To

History

Methods

forward, go

Properties

length


forward Method

Description

Jumps forward in the history n steps. This behaves exactly as if the user has clicked on the forward button n times.

Syntax

history.forward n

PartDescription
history An object expression that evaluates to a history object.
n The number of pages to jump forward in the history. N is always an integer >= 0.

Remarks

Disabled in current implementation.

Applies To

History

Methods

back, go

Properties

length


go Method

Description

Goes to the n th item in the history, where history.go 1 jumps to the first item and history.go history.length jumps to the last item.

Syntax

history.go n

PartDescription
history An object expression that evaluates to a history object.
n The index of the history entry, from 1 to history.length.

Remarks

Disabled in current implementation.

Applies To

History

Methods

back, forward

Properties

length

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