jquery: history.back(1) issue

Question

I have an issue with jquery and history.back(): I got a link:

Link back

I cant use something like

Answer 1

I'd try:

javascript: history.back(1)

otherwise using:

javascript: history.go(1)

the browser will stay where it is. That's not really what was initially requested, is it?

Answer 2

Probably you are missing to specify event as function argument, try specifying that too:

$("#backLink").click(function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    history.back(1);
});

In other words, you had problem on event.preventDefault(); which most likely prevented below code from running or working.

Answer 3

An easy method:

 <a href="javascript: history.go(1)" id="backLink">Link back</a>