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How To Detect Browser Back Button Event - Cross Browser?


Warn and confirm to the User, if Back button is pressed is as below -
window.onbeforeunload = function() { return "Your data will be lost!"; };


You can also add hash when page is loading –
location.hash = "noBack";


Then just handle location hash change to add another hash –
$(window).on('hashchange', function() {
    location.hash = "noBack";
});


That makes hash always present and back button tries to remove hash at first.
The Events
<script type="text/javascript">
    function handleBackFunctionality() {
        if (window.event) {
            if (window.event.clientX < 40 && window.event.clientY < 0) {
                alert("Clicked - Browser back button.");
            }
            else {
                alert("Clicked - Browser refresh button.");
            }
        }
        else {
            if (event.currentTarget.performance.navigation.type == 2) {
                alert("Clicked - Browser refresh button.");
            }
            else if (event.currentTarget.performance.navigation.type == 1) {
                alert("Clicked - Browser back button.");
            }           
        }
    }

    window.onbeforeunload = handleBackFunctionality;
    $(document).unload(handleBackFunctionality);

</script>

It is very easy to disable the browser BACK button, like the JQuery code –
<script type="text/javascript">
    //History APIs.
    if( window.history && window.history.pushState ){
        history.pushState( "nohb", null, "" );

       
        $(window).on( "popstate", function(event){
            if( !event.originalEvent.state ){
            history.pushState( "nohb", null, "" );
            return;
            }
        });
    }
</script>

Using the hashchange Event –
<script type="text/javascript">
    var hashChangedCount = -2;

    $(window).on("hashchange", function () {
        hashChangedCount++;

        if (top.location.hash == "#main" && hashChangedCount > 0) {
           alert("Hi!");
        }
        top.location.hash = '#main';
    });
    top.location.hash = "#";
</script>


OR
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(window).bind('hashchange', function() {
        top.location = '#main';
        // Eventually alert the user describing what happened.
    });
</script>


Using ASP.NET MVC 5 and C# -
//ASP.NET MVC 5/C# code
 var currentPageUrl = Session["CurrentPage_URL"];
 if (currentPageUrl != null)
 {
    Session["PreviousPage_URL"] = Session["CurrentPage_URL"];
 }
 Session["CurrentPage_URL"] = Request.Url;


And
<script type="text/javascript">
    //Handle Back Functionality.
    function handleBackFunctionality() {
        var previousPageUrl = "@Session["PreviousPage_URL"]";       
        if (document.referrer == previousPageUrl)
        {
            alert("Its a back button click...");
            //TODO - code here...
        }
    }
</script>


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