In this article, we will see how to go back and forth on the web page. In Playwright java, this can be achieved using goBack() and goForward() methods.
goBack()
- The goBack() method navigates to the previous page in the browsing history and returns the primary resource response.
- If it can not go forward, it returns null.
await page.goBack();
await page.goBack(options);options: Object (optional)
timeout: number (optional) - Maximum operation time in milliseconds, defaults to 30 seconds, pass 0 to disable the timeout. The default value can be changed by using the browserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(), browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(), page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout() or page.setDefaultTimeout() methods.
waitUntil: (optional) - When to consider operation succeeded, defaults to loading. Events can be either:
domcontentloaded - consider an operation to be finished when the DOMContentLoaded event is fired.
load - consider an operation to be finished when the load event is fired.
networkidle - consider the operation to be finished when there are no network connections for at least 500 ms.
commit - consider operation to be finished when the network response is received and the document starts loading.
returns Promise<null|Response>#
goForward()
- The goForward() method allows navigation to the next page in the browsing history and returns the main resource response.
- If it cannot go forward, it returns null.
await page.goForward();
await page.goForward(options);options: Object (optional)
timeout: number (optional) - Maximum operation time in milliseconds, defaults to 30 seconds, pass 0 to disable the timeout. The default value can be changed by using the browserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(), browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(), page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout() or page.setDefaultTimeout() methods.
waitUntil: (optional) - When to consider operation succeeded, defaults to loading. Events can be either:
domcontentloaded - consider an operation to be finished when the DOMContentLoaded event is fired.
load - consider an operation to be finished when the load event is fired.
networkidle - consider an operation to be finished when there are no network connections for at least 500 ms.
commit - consider operation to be finished when the network response is received and the document starts loading.
returns Promise<null|Response>#
Example:
Let us search in programsbuzz the keyword "Playwright," When the search result page loads, let us go back to the page and go forward again.
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create()) {
Browser browser = playwright.chromium().launch(new BrowserType.LaunchOptions().setHeadless(false));
Page page = browser.newPage();
page.navigate("https://www.programsbuzz.com");
page.locator("//i[@class='fas fa-search']").click();
page.locator("//input[@id='edit-keys']").type("Playwright");
page.locator("//input[@id='edit-submit']").click();
page.goBack();
page.goForward();
browser.close();
playwright.close();
}
}
}Doing this will go back one step of the page, and the next, it will go forward to the same results page.