[moneyg]

Hi, just trying to get this to work. Code is inserted into document head. I am using this on a confirmation page that comes up after submitting a form, I want the page to redirect to the previous page. I am also wanting to add a timer indicator to the page as feedback to the user.

<script type="text/javascript">
redirTime = "5000";
redirURL = "history.go(-1)";
function redirTimer() { self.setTimeout("self.location.href redirURL;",redirTime); }
</script>

also tried:

<script type="text/javascript">
redirTime = "5000";
redirURL = "history.back()";
function redirTimer() { self.setTimeout("self.location.href redirURL;",redirTime); }
</script>

This code is not functioning in Firefox. Any help greatly appreciated.

[Martyr2]

Try sticking the redirect code into its own function and then call the function from setTimeout...

// Our function that goes back in history
function redirect() {
    history.go(-1);
}

// Call function from timer
setTimeout('redirect()',5000);

// Or to simplify this will work too...

setTimeout('history.go(-1)',5000);

Here is a simple code to show you how to go back in the history after 5 seconds. It works in both IE and Firefox and I am sure all the other popular browsers. Enjoy!

This post has been edited by Martyr2: 13 October 2010 - 10:36 PM

[forest51690]

function redirTimer() { self.setTimeout("self.location.href redirURL;",redirTime); }

Here is where your error is. Notice that there is no assignment operator "=" in setTimeout's first parameter "self.location.href redirURL;". Try that. Also, what I would do is stick the command in an anonymous function, like so.

function redirTimer() { self.setTimeout(function(){self.location.href = redirURL;},redirTime); }

Let me know if just adding the assignment operator works though...

[moneyg]

Thanks guys, I ended up using Martyr's code, works fine. Couldn't get the code to work adding the assignment operator.