A "back" button

roger64 · 08-01-2014, 02:03 AM

Hi

It's about an history book with some maps. They are grouped at the end of the book. I have a "list of maps" in the TOC with hyperlinks to each individual map. Each map is also present as such in the TOC because it has its own chapter.

In the text (sometimes right after the beginning of a chapter, sometimes further in the text), I have inserted hyperlinks pointing to relevant maps.

Code:

<p class="Italdroite"><a href="chapter23.xhtml">Voir carte 1</a></p>

After looking at the map, to come back to the text, the reader needs to go to page xxx (if he took note of it) which is not very handy.

Question: I'd like to add, for each map, a link (a "back" button) pointing back to the text. A kind of reverse link.

eschwartz · 08-01-2014, 02:37 AM

If the map only needs to be referenced from one location, you can create another hyperlink by the map to that location.

In web coding, you'd use a link to

Code:

javascript:history.go(-1)

BUT ebooks do not use javascript.

roger64 · 08-01-2014, 03:15 AM

Hi

Thanks for your reply. This is the code I use for one map (example)

Code:

<div style="text-align:center"><img alt="images1" class="frameGraphics" src="../Images/1.jpg" style="width:100%"/></div>

On top of this, I add a h3 tag with a

Code:

display:none

parameter, just to get an entry in the TOC.

I suppose I should insert a link in the above div tag, like for foot notes?

mrmikel · 08-01-2014, 06:39 AM

You have to make a link back if you want to be compatible with all devices. My little PRS-300 has a back button but it does not back up to the last place in the text.

I tend to use something like Return to start of Chapter 1 as a link. It works fine, but if you jump to this map from several places, you end up having a list, which is not elegant, but it is functional.

08-01-2014, 02:03 AM	#1
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,623 Karma: 3000161 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	A "back" button Hi It's about an history book with some maps. They are grouped at the end of the book. I have a "list of maps" in the TOC with hyperlinks to each individual map. Each map is also present as such in the TOC because it has its own chapter. In the text (sometimes right after the beginning of a chapter, sometimes further in the text), I have inserted hyperlinks pointing to relevant maps. Code: <p class="Italdroite"><a href="chapter23.xhtml">Voir carte 1</a></p> After looking at the map, to come back to the text, the reader needs to go to page xxx (if he took note of it) which is not very handy. Question: I'd like to add, for each map, a link (a "back" button) pointing back to the text. A kind of reverse link.

08-01-2014, 02:37 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	If the map only needs to be referenced from one location, you can create another hyperlink by the map to that location. In web coding, you'd use a link to Code: javascript:history.go(-1) BUT ebooks do not use javascript. Last edited by eschwartz; 08-01-2014 at 07:32 AM.

08-01-2014, 03:15 AM	#3
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,623 Karma: 3000161 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Hi Thanks for your reply. This is the code I use for one map (example) Code: <div style="text-align:center"><img alt="images1" class="frameGraphics" src="../Images/1.jpg" style="width:100%"/></div> On top of this, I add a h3 tag with a Code: display:none parameter, just to get an entry in the TOC. I suppose I should insert a link in the above div tag, like for foot notes?

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08-01-2014, 06:39 AM	#4
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	You have to make a link back if you want to be compatible with all devices. My little PRS-300 has a back button but it does not back up to the last place in the text. I tend to use something like Return to start of Chapter 1 as a link. It works fine, but if you jump to this map from several places, you end up having a list, which is not elegant, but it is functional.

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