Can I get the history.back() function to work in Chrome when using the file:// protocol?

For some reason in chrome, you have to add return false after calling history.go(-1)

Change your function to:

function goBack(evt) {
// Check to see if override is needed here

// If no override needed, call history.back()
history.go(-1);
return false;
}


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
    function goBack(evt) {
    // Check to see if override is needed here

    // If no override needed, call history.back()
    history.back();
    $('#my-back-button').forwardEvent('click');
}

$('#my-back-button').click(goBack);

/**
* chrome workaround for triggering click events
* @param {event} event  event
* @return {undefined}   Returns undefined
*/
    $.fn.forwardEvent = function(event) {
        this.each(function() {
            if (this.dispatchEvent) {
                if (event.originalEvent) {
                    event = event.originalEvent
                }
                try {
                    this.dispatchEvent(event);
                } catch(error) {
                    $(this).trigger(event);
                }
            }
            else {
                $(this).trigger(event);
            }
        });
        return this;
    };
});
</script>
<input type="button" value="<<<<" id="my-back-button">
</body>
</html>

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