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How can I check if a page was reached via jQuery Mobile's back button?

I'm working on a jQuery page and I want to know if the page was reached via the user's "back" button (the one in jQuery mobile (data-rel="back"), not the browser back button).

I have done a bit of web searching and reading through jqm's site, but no joy.

Solution

  • Try with the callback state.direction

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    $(window).on("navigate", function (evt, data) {
  var backForw = data.state.direction;
  if (backForw) {
     console.log("Button "+ backForw +" was used");
  }
});

    Or, if you want you can store a flag into localStorage and check for it's existence or using JS's pushState...

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Storage
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history