The History.forward() method causes the browser to move forward one page in the session history. It has the same effect as calling history.go(1).
This method is asynchronous. Add a listener for the popstate event in order to determine when the navigation has completed.
js
forward()
None.
None (undefined).
The following examples create a button that moves forward one step in the session history.
html
<button id="go-forward">Go Forward!</button>
js
document.getElementById("go-forward").addEventListener("click", (e) => { history.forward(); });
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-history-forward-dev |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
forward |
1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History/forward