Navigate to the previous page in tab's history, if available.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var withGoingBack = browser.tabs.goBack(
tabId, // optional integer
callback // optional function
)
Parameters
tabId
Optionalinteger
. The ID of the tab to navigate. Defaults to the active tab of the current window.callback
Optionalfunction
. When the page navigation finishes, this function is called without parameters.
Return value
A Promise
that is fulfilled when the page navigation finishes.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
Go back to the previous page in the current tab:
function onGoBack() {
console.log("Gone back");
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
var goingBack = browser.tabs.goBack();
goingBack.then(onGoBack, onError);
Acknowledgments
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs
API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.