basic javascript help, document.referrer

[UncleMortis]

I'm having trouble with a document.referrer. The book tells me that when I have this on a page with an "a href" html tag, it will send it back to the page that I had originally came from or, if there is no referring page, then it will come back blank. The problem I've encountered is that when I do click the link to take me back to the referring page, it doesn't and it actually takes me back to the folder where the files are living.

document.write (&quot;Go <a href=&quot;+document.referrer+&quot;> back</a> one page.&quot

 

[greelmo]

try this in a function...

document.location=document.referrer.URL

and in the link...

<a href=&quot;#null&quot; onClick=&quot;javascript: fncName();&quot;>

Later,
Greelmo

 

[lottastuff]

You might find ...

<a HREF=&quot;javascript:history.back()&quot;>

to be a better fit for your purposes, and simpler.

 

[UncleMortis]

Yeah I've got the history bit and I thought that'd fit better in what I was trying to do but from what I can gather, history is only going to tell me how many pages I've been to before I've reached the one I'm at. can anyone tell me why the document.referrer would go and open the folder from where it originated and not go back like it said it would in the book? I can't go on until I've worked this out because I don't want to get miles into the book and then go, &quot;huh?&quot;. Thanks guys.