asp button and history back onclientclick

Question

hi I have an asp button like this

<asp:Button ID="btnBack" OnClientClick='javascript:history.back()' runat="server" Text="back">
</asp:Button>

now the javascript doesn't work to go a history back. but if I make an alert() it works...why

how to solve this?

thank you

Answer 1

Try with return false at end:

 <asp:button id="btnBack" runat="server" text="Back" 
OnClientClick="JavaScript: window.history.back(1); return false;"></asp:button>

Answer 2

Try:

parent.history.back();

Or

history.go(-1)