Navigation Timing is in most browsers now(ie9+) http://www.w3.org/TR/navigation-timing/#sec-navigation-info-interface if (!!window.performance && window.performance.navigation.type === 2) { // page has been hit using back or forward buttons } else { // regular page hit }
The URL argument to pushState should be relative to the current page, or or an absolute URL in your own domain. You can’t push state cross-domain – it would be a major security flaw. The MDN documentation says: The new history entry’s URL is given by this parameter. Note that the browser won’t attempt to … Read more
In Google Chrome in version 19 the solution from @spliter stopped working. As @johnnymire pointed out, history.state in Chrome 19 exists, but it’s null. My workaround is to add window.history.state !== null into checking if state exists in window.history: var popped = (‘state’ in window.history && window.history.state !== null), initialURL = location.href; I tested it … Read more
For privacy reasons, no it is not possible to read clients browser history data. If you are trying to observe or generate data about visitors for only on your domain, its possible to keep page information with sessions and cookies. you can also collect click data on your websites clickable objects by your own scripts … Read more
You may have moved on by now, but… as far as I know there’s no way to delete a history entry (or state). One option I’ve been looking into is to handle the history yourself in JavaScript and use the window.history object as a carrier of sorts. Basically, when the page first loads you create … Read more
You must implement it yourself which is quite easy. When invoking pushState give the data object a unique incrementing id (uid). When onpopstate handler is invoked; check the state uid against a persistent variable containing the last state uid. Update the persistent variable with the current state uid. Do different actions depending on if state … Read more
Javascript this should get you started: http://www.dicabrio.com/javascript/steal-history.php There are more nefarius means to: http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070228/steal-browser-history-without-javascript/ Edit:I wanted to add that although this works it is a sleazy marketing teqnique and an invasion of privacy.
In older browsers, you can not change the url in the address bar without leaving the page. But you can change the hash portion of the url without leaving the page. That is to say you can change www.example.com to www.example.com#new_text with JavaScript window.location.hash = “new_text”; everything after the # can be changed. However, in … Read more
I used to use this to also be notified of when pushState and replaceState are called: // Add this: var _wr = function(type) { var orig = history[type]; return function() { var rv = orig.apply(this, arguments); var e = new Event(type); e.arguments = arguments; window.dispatchEvent(e); return rv; }; }; history.pushState = _wr(‘pushState’), history.replaceState = _wr(‘replaceState’); … Read more
You may have moved on by now, but… as far as I know there’s no way to delete a history entry (or state). One option I’ve been looking into is to handle the history yourself in JavaScript and use the window.history object as a carrier of sorts. Basically, when the page first loads you create … Read more