javascript history function

I'm trying to setup a webpage with two frames, a top and a bottom. The top frame has an image that has the IE forward and back bottons saved as images. The bottom can be whatever. The standard IE toolbar will be replaced by my version of it in the topframe.

I am using the javascript:history.go(-1) function for the back button and am targeting the bottom frame. The problem I am having is that, I believe the history back bottun is only looking at the history of the top frame. I want it to look at the history of the bottom frame history so that if a user clicks on the back button on the top frame, it will load the previous url from the bottom frame.

How can I get this to work?

have you tried window.frames.bottomFrameName.history.go(-1)??
(or just window.frames[1].history.go(-1)

I just tried the second one and target=bottomframe. I will try your suggestion and let you know if it works.

It seems to be taking me back when I click the icon, but I'm getting a 404 error. I also have another link I found which seems to be taking me back to a certain url.
I have a link that says "back" and when I click on it, it sometimes takes me to a certain url. It is very similiar to the code you meantioned but slightly different.

It looks like it will work with local links, but not http:// links such as http://www.yahoo.com

could u try this way?
javascriptarent.frames.history.go(-1)
with regards
elisabeth

elisabeth,

What?

Elisabeth meant:

javascript:parent.frames.history.go(-1)

:p is translated to a smiley

I disabled it in this post, so it should show up ok now

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Btw, frames and history don't really mix that well on all browsers. And most web designers freak out when you mention frames.
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