Hello I'm trying to add a simple "back" button in my app, using: window.history.back() However, the script doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any advice on adding a back button to navigate to the user's previous URL?

Just to document another case that came up, a setup like this will take the browser back when the goBack JS query is called from anywhere in the app. Note the custom component needs the top-level navigation flag and doesn't need to actually display anything to function. [image]

Navigate back with window.history.back

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jmann April 21, 2023, 1:18pm 3

Hey folks!

As Kabirdas said, custom JS code won't have access to the window history with it being sandboxed, but it is doable with a custom component that has access to the top-level navigation!

-Justin

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Navigate back with window.history.back

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