Re: odd behavior in browser history mechanism when using this navigation pattern !!

This is how the browser history works. When you hit the back button
at C and then go from B to D, the B->C stack is blown away. You can
verify this on non-GWT websites, e.g. wikipedia.

On Jan 4, 7:00 pm, zixzigma <zixzi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am noticing an odd behaviour when navigating around my mini-app
> which uses GWT MVP.
>
> I am not sure if this is the way browser history mechanism works or
> that I am dealing with a bug.
>
> when I navigate from place A to B to C to D,
> with each hit on Back Button, I correctly go back
> from Place D to C to B to A. good so far !
>
> however, when I try to navigate in the pattern below, browser history
> doesn't act as expected.
>
> starting from A
> step 1:  A --> B
> step2: B--->C
> step3: B<---C
> step4:B--->D
>
> (going from place A to B , then from B to C, now at place C hit back
> button to go to Place B,
>  now at Place B I navigate to Place D)
>
> so I am now at place D.
>
> when I hit back Button from D,
> I go to B and then A, never going to place C !
>
> I am very confused don't know if this is the default way  history
> mechanism work in browsers or that I am dealing with a nasty bug.
>
> I really appreciate if you can confirm the expected browser history
> behaviour when navigating in the pattern I described. it is very
> confusing, please Help !

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