Many thanks for your responses and musings. I will have a look at the RSH solution, thank you.
Regards, Matt Paul Spencer-5 wrote: > > I've used this before in other applications with some success: > > http://code.google.com/p/reallysimplehistory/ > > Cheers > > Paul > > On 30-Jul-08, at 8:42 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > >> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 10:19:29PM -0700, Matthew Doyle wrote: >>> >>> Hi OpenLayers Users, >>> >>> My client has a need to place control on the users browser back and >>> forward >>> buttons. Simply put, when he does any sort of action like zoom, >>> pan, switch >>> a layer on, etc. he always assumes that the back button will take >>> him to the >>> last state he was in within the mapping tool. As such, he has now >>> requested >>> that this become a feature. >>> >>> a) is it possible to control this? The only way i can think of is >>> each time >>> a user initiates an action, that it is stored in the hashmap in the >>> URL ... >>> index.html?zoom=1&layers=xxx similar to a permalink that is updated >>> after >>> every action. >> >> This particular implementation will force a page reload with every >> action, so is likely not a good choice. >> >> There are several sets of resources on the web for solving this >> problem >> in various ways: storing data in the post-hash section of the URL, >> putting data in a hidden iframe and reloading, etc. You'd need to >> research and pick one. >> >> >>> b) is there any code that anybody has already written to do this? >> >> Not that I'm aware of. It's a longstanding feature request with no >> work >> done on it so far. >> >> Regards, >> -- >> Christopher Schmidt >> MetaCarta >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Browser-back-and-forward-button-tp18726260p18747680.html Sent from the OpenLayers Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
