The following code should cause an alert of '1', but instead does nothing.
window.onpopstate = function(event) { alert(event.state.a) }
history.pushState({a: 1})
history.back()
Fiddle: /
Any ideas?
The following code should cause an alert of '1', but instead does nothing.
window.onpopstate = function(event) { alert(event.state.a) }
history.pushState({a: 1})
history.back()
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/WNurW/2/
Any ideas?
Share Improve this question edited Jun 9, 2014 at 2:26 Lyn Headley asked Jul 23, 2013 at 4:41 Lyn HeadleyLyn Headley 11.6k3 gold badges35 silver badges37 bronze badges 03 Answers
Reset to default 15Your code woudn't cause a popstate, as the pushstate command tells what page you are on NOW.
window.onpopstate = function(event) { alert(event.state.a) }
history.pushState({a: 1});
history.pushState({a: 2});
history.back()
The above code will work.
Heres the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/WNurW/8/
As you can see on the above picture:
(1) Here you entered the page, or the fiddle, you then want to pushState, which will add a new link to the history chain.
(2) When you push state, you will add one more back click to the history, but it will also move the current place in "history" up to your new state. So going back, will not give you the history state you think you are getting, it will give the previous one.
(3) You have to go to a "new" page, or push another history state, to be able to go back to the state you created in step (2).
In order to force trigger event you needs navigates between two history entries for the same document and to call proper history method.
Calling history.pushState() or history.replaceState() just, it not will trigger popstate event. Also, check the history.pushState() params.
So you can to do it:
window.onpopstate = function(event) { alert(event.state.a) }
history.pushState({a: 1}, "")
history.back() //add history entry
history.back() //add history entry
history.go(1)
Here something more elaborate :)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>page</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="application/x-javascript">
function changeState(){
history.pushState({page: 1}, "page title", "?page=1");
history.pushState({page: 2}, "other title ", "?page=2");
//replaceState: Updates the most recent entry on the history stack
history.replaceState({page: 3}, "title 3", "?page=3");
history.back();
history.back();
history.go(2);
}
function showState(event){
var restultState = JSON.stringify(event.state)
alert("location: " + document.location + ", state: " + restultState);
}
window.onpopstate = showState;
changeState();
</script>
</body>
</html>
You have to modify the current state before push a new state. So, when you go back for the first state, you will get the data back:
// updating the current state
window.history.replaceState({a: 1}, "First State", window.location.pathname);
// setting the new state
window.history.pushState({ },"Secound State", window.location.pathname);
// getting the data back
window.onpopstate = (event) => {
alert(event.state.a); // Displays "1";
}