Script for using the Back button and the Close button

[mdgibson]

Here's a question I have for anyone that might be able to help me:

I can write a html script that will allow the user to return to the previous page using the back button, and I can write a script that will allow the user to return to the previous page using the close button, but...is there a script that can be used that would allow the user to do both?

I have a website and some of my visitors want to use the close button to return to my site, while others want to use the back button to return to the previous page...lol Go figure!

Ok...that's it. Hope someone can help me!

Thanks!

[curtiss]

I don't quite understand what you're saying. How can you go back and close the window at the same time? If you close the window, what's the point of going back?

Anyway, the code you have to perform both actions is most likely javascript. In order to accomplish both tasks at the same time, you should just be able to set up your links like this:

<a href="javascript:close();" onClick="back();">Link</a>

where "close()" is your function that closes the window and "back()" is your function that goes back. That should accomplish both tasks at the same time. However, you may need to switch the back and close functions in that link, as I don't recall off the top of my head whether the link itself is called first, or if the onClick event handler is called first.