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Back button in Master

Aug 13, 2012 1:43 AM

Tags: #links #master #back_button #adobe_muse

How do I get a back button in a Master that always goes back to the previous page regardless of which path I used to get there?

 

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586 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: topelovely, Apr 29, 2013 12:01 PM
 
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  • RoyaltyTech
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    1. RoyaltyTech,
    Aug 14, 2012 7:51 PM   in reply to Form_v_Function
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    Not sure how you would get a back button unless you manually traced your buttons' destinations and added manual clickable buttons that linked to the page that you know had to have gotten the user there. Otherwise, would the back button on the browser itself (once it is published) not suffice? This is the capability of the back button across most browsers and works just the same after publishing an Adobe Muse site. For example, once published, if a user went to: "Home > Contact > About" they could then click the back button on the browser at the About page and it would take them back to the previous page (in this case "Contact")

     
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  • jgrummel
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    2. jgrummel,
    Aug 14, 2012 10:51 PM   in reply to RoyaltyTech
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    There isn't a specific tool in Muse for this feature, however, if you are familiar with JavaScript it might not be too hard to code it yourself.

    If not, you can add your idea to the "Ideas" forum!

    http://forums.adobe.com/community/muse/ideas

     

     

    Hope this helps,

    Julia

     
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  • Zak Williamson (Adobe)
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    3. Zak Williamson (Adobe),
    Aug 15, 2012 6:40 PM   in reply to Form_v_Function
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    In Muse 2.0 (currently available if you've joined the Beta program) you can enter "javascript:history.go(-1)" in the Hyperlink popup, but Muse 1.x will reject that as an invalid link or incorrectly append http:// to the front of it such that it won't work (so Muse 2.0 is required).

     

    For a release after 2.0 we'll look at adding a more user friendly UI for "Back" or "Forward" hyperlinks.

     
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  • topelovely
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    4. topelovely,
    Aug 15, 2012 10:49 PM   in reply to Zak Williamson (Adobe)
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    Hi zak i tested this code and I noticed its performance is a little bit lagging (Using Muse 2.0 beta build 904). You have to click twice before it responds, secondly it doesn't do a graceful slide back, it just jumps. Am actually using it with the anchor links menu. Just like what you said it would be nice to have a better back and next button integration on the UI which can also work with the widgets too. Especially when you want to do implement a fullscreen slideshow like this: http://kirschnerbrasil.cc/

     

    Thumbs up for you guys.

     
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  • Zak Williamson (Adobe)
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    5. Zak Williamson (Adobe),
    Aug 16, 2012 11:26 AM   in reply to topelovely
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    I'm not seeing the performance problem or the need to click twice. What browser are you using? The JavaScript snippet simply tells the browser to go to the previous URL in its history. Thus it should have identical behavior to the user hitting the browser's "Back" button.

     

    A "revert the last change made to a widget" feature is fundamentally different than the browser back behavior (of go to the previous URL) and isn't something that's currently planned.

     

    I'm a bit confused by the link to http://kirschnerbrasil.cc/. It doesn't appear to support any back behavior at all (just the slideshow's next and previous buttons)? Am I missing something?

     
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  • topelovely
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    6. topelovely,
    Apr 29, 2013 12:01 PM   in reply to Zak Williamson (Adobe)
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    Hi Zak this is code is not working. It is returning Bad Request error

     
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