Embedded frame and back/forward/refresh.

[Vince]

Hi,

I have an embedded frame one of my pages. When the user
works on that page the frame changes content, but browser
back/forward/refresh buttons are linked to my main page
(that does not change). It is easy to right click on the
embedded frame to perform any of the correct
Back/Forward/Refresh functions, but most users have no
idea that it is there.

What I need is a set of buttons on the main page that
perform B/F/R functions to the embedded frame ( I can't
put direct links, this has to be a browser script
command ).

Thanks,
Vince.

 

[Jim Buyens]

-----Original Message-----

Hi,
Howdy.

I have an embedded frame one of my pages. When the user
works on that page the frame changes content, but browser
back/forward/refresh buttons are linked to my main page
(that does not change). It is easy to right click on the
embedded frame to perform any of the correct
Back/Forward/Refresh functions, but most users have no
idea that it is there.

What I need is a set of buttons on the main page that
perform B/F/R functions to the embedded frame ( I can't
put direct links, this has to be a browser script
command ).

You can try

<a href="javascript:history.back(1)">Back</a>

and

<a href="javascript:history.forward(1)">Forward</a>

but I'm not sure they'll behave any differently that the
browser's Back and Next buttons.

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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[Guest]

Jim,

I am 99% sure it will work as the browser does, i.e. the
wrong way...
I was trying history.go() to refresh, and its also going
back to the start.

Vince.