Javascript Does Not Work In IE8

May 01, 2023 Post a Comment

The following JavaScript works on IE7 but not on IE8: onclick=history.back(1) or history.go(-1) Any suggestions on why this is the case and how to overcome it.

Solution 1:

Have you tried:

onclick="history.back()"

with the quotes?

And, responding to your statement that it doesn't work: au contraire, mon ami.

The following two files run fine on my IE8 install, using the files x1.html:

    <html><head></head><body>
        X1
        <hr>
        <a href="x2.html">x2</a>
    </body></html>

and x2.html:

    <html><head></head><body>
        X2
        <hr>
        <button onclick="history.back()">Back!</button>
    </body></html>

When I load x1, I can move to x2 with the link, then the button moves back to x1.

This works in all three compatibility modes, ergo it must be a setting on your browser which is affecting this.

One thing I had to do to get this to work was to go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Security and select Allow active content to run in files on My Computer, so it's almost certainly a security setting in your browser which is causing you grief.

Solution 2:

i used this and works well :

<asp:Button ID="Back_BTN" runat="server" Text="بازگشت" 
onclientclick="javascript:history.back(1);return false;" />

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Solution 3:

I also had this problem. Never check its also the same on ie7 or not

Code like below cant run on IE8. Can on FF3.5

<select size="2">
<option onclick="alert('hey hey')">Hey hey</option>
<option onclick="alert('a ha')">A Ha</option>
</select>

However, this on work

<select onclick="alert('uh oh')" size="2">
<option>Hey hey</option>
<option>A Ha</option>
</select>

Solution 4:

I had the same problem and solved it like this...

 <a href='javascript:history.back(); ' onclick="history.back(); "><input type="button" value="Back" /></a>

You need to put history.back() into your a href tag and also the onclick event.

Solution 5:

Try history.back(), if that doesn't work then try this history.back();return false;

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