Obscure HTML question

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Posted: 7/3/2003 8:47:03 AM EDT

Dunno if this is possible, but I'll ask anyway...

Suppose I have 2 web pages, and I have to scroll down in page 1 to get to the link to page 2. Suppose page 2 has a "back" button to return to page 1 using a standard xxx construct. This will always return to the top of page 1. How do I return to the scrolled position on page 1?

Posted: 7/3/2003 9:05:43 AM EDT

[#1]

Use the "Back" button on your browser.

If you are writing this code, you could put a tag in the text and have the "Return to Page One" hyperlink return to that tagged position.

it would look like this:

And on page one, right above the code for the link to page 2, put ... to label that spot.

You could stack the label with your link, for example:
go to page 2

HTH
Scott

Posted: 7/3/2003 9:09:27 AM EDT

[#2]

Scottman has it. Use the tag to refer to a certain scroll position on a page. Then link to it using the href tag.

Posted: 7/3/2003 9:46:02 AM EDT

[#3]

You can access browser history through javascript by creating another button or hyperlink that has a history.back command.

< INPUT TYPE="button" value="Back" Name="Back" onClick="history.back()" >
< INPUT TYPE="button" value="Fwd" Name="Forward" onClick="history.forward()" >

Posted: 7/3/2003 10:07:46 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
You can access browser history through javascript by creating another button or hyperlink that has a history.back command.

< INPUT TYPE="button" value="Back" Name="Back" onClick="history.back()" >
< INPUT TYPE="button" value="Fwd" Name="Forward" onClick="history.forward()" >

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You know BD, I get all gooshy when you speak Geek.....[kiss]

Posted: 7/3/2003 10:22:37 AM EDT

[#5]

It's a lifestyle. [;)]

Posted: 7/3/2003 10:30:48 AM EDT

[#6]

Thanks, gents. onClick="history.back()" seems to have the desired behavior. Now how do I get the friggin' mouse cursor to switch to the hand pointer? I'm sure it's something like

onMouseOver="switch the damn cursor, will you?"

But I'll be damned if I can find it documented anywhere.

Thanks.

Posted: 7/3/2003 10:40:42 AM EDT

[#7]

Or for those who are greatly annoyed by the

Go Back

function, like me, cause most likely I came to your Page 2 via a search engine, just place an #anchor at the bottom of Page 1, and link to there:

Posted: 7/3/2003 11:27:11 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Thanks, gents. onClick="history.back()" seems to have the desired behavior. Now how do I get the friggin' mouse cursor to switch to the hand pointer? I'm sure it's something like

onMouseOver="switch the damn cursor, will you?"

But I'll be damned if I can find it documented anywhere.

Thanks.

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put a

style='cursor:hand'

in your tag

Posted: 7/3/2003 12:17:25 PM EDT

[#9]

Thanks again, gents.

I gotta tell ya, web page coding reminds me of politics in the Balkans. Here I am writing PHP to generate HTML that contains Javascript, CSS, and a dash of XHTML. About half of HTML's features are deprecated or dropped in XHTML in favor of CSS, but what's a little deprecation among friends? [;D]

And I thought the K&R style wars were a big deal. [:D]

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