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A website with easy navigation helps the visitors to feel comfortable. Navigation is an important part of a website. Navigation not only includes the menu links, it also include forward and backward navigation while browsing the websites. In this article, we will learn how to create a forward and backward buttons using the JavaScript. It is very useful when someone viewing your website and can easily navigate in webpages by using these buttons.
Let's take an example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Javascript forward and back buttons</title> </head> <body> <h1>About my Website</h1> <p>Go to <a href="#">Next Page</a></p> <button id="back" onclick="goBack()">Go Back</button> <button id="forward" onclick="goForward()">Go Forward</button> <script id="jsbin-javascript"> function goBack() { window.history.back(); console.log('We are in previous page'); } function goForward() { window.history.back(); console.log('We are in next page'); } </script> </body> </html>