Hi everyone, I am trying to create a “back” button and a “forward” button for browser navigation on a mobile phone. Is there a straightforward way to do this? I was going to create a custom property on a header called urls (as an array or object) that will receive messages via message handler that …

There’s no way to directly access a View’s URL because you could theoretically have multiple URLs pointing to the same View. From an Ignition design standpoint, a “Page’s” View has no idea what its URL actually is. That being said, you can set custom PROPS on your root if you KNOW you’re always goi…

You’re welcome. Don’t forget that if you ever need to see exactly what properties are in place for a View/Container/Component, you can always hold Shift and then right-click your View node in the Project Browser (NOT the root node, but the named View). Select ‘Copy JSON’, and then paste that into a …

I understand the solution here, but as you indicated it is rather cumbersome and not easy. Can we request a forward/back button feature? It is pretty standard on many operating systems to have that capability and it would be much cleaner (and less work) than this solution.

Your request is a little unclear. If users are using a browser (desktop or mobile), then the browser should be used for going back and forth. If the user is using the native app, then they should be able to go back by swiping from the left edge to the right. In speaking with our mobile developer, it…

I don’t recall the behavior of the app, but in a browser it only will go back to the most recent “page” not “view.” I was hoping to be able to go back in views that had been opened.

I might be misunderstanding you, but the ability to go back-or-forward amongst the VIEWS displayed sounds like a very bad idea. Here’s why: “Page” navigation is mediated by browsers, in that they maintain a registry of urls visited and therefore are able to perform the back-and-forward of pages w…

The browser button is fine in how it functions, but my customer wants to have a forward and backward function in the header because they are going to use the application on full screen. Is there a way to call the script attached to the standard back and forward arrow in the browser or do i really h…

[image] Cody Mallonee: ented, you’d have a totally proprieta “Page” navigation is mediated by browsers, how can we trigger the backward and forward buttons from the browser inside perspective? The customer wants his application at full screen so the buttons itself are not available for them.…

If there are no better answers. You can mimic the hotkey of the back button for the browser. For example [alt+left], is back for google chrome. Put that on the script of your button

good idea. How can i do that? I wrote this script: from java.awt import Robot from java.awt.event import KeyEvent as keyevent robot = Robot() robot.keyPress(keyevent.VK_ALT) robot.keyPress(keyevent.VK_LEFT) robot.keyRelease(keyevent.VK_ALT) robot.keyRelease(keyevent.VK_LEFT) But java.awt…

Good question. There might be a browser security issue. Maybe some of the devs knows if we can simulate key presses in Perspective…

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