# \[Superpost\] Can we go "back" on the webviewer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** solved, superpost\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000 "2018-05-03T16:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RetroWill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e4f/32.png) [@RetroWill](https://community.thunkable.com/u/RetroWill)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/21 "2019-02-11T14:15:22Z")
Hi New to the X Platform. Trying to create a Web Viewer to load a site but I need a ‘Back’ button/ Previous Page button for ios and android. I can manage this is in the classic Thunkable but I am unsuccessful in the X Platform. Looking for tutorials but I cannot find any. Any assistance appreciated ---
**Author:** ![BlueWhaleYT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bluewhaleyt/32/28437_2.png) [@BlueWhaleYT](https://community.thunkable.com/u/BlueWhaleYT)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/22 "2019-02-12T13:32:16Z")
Hi! Can you send me a simple that what do you want to? ---
**Author:** ![Paolo\_Eramo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Paolo\_Eramo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Paolo_Eramo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/23 "2019-02-28T11:27:26Z")
I’m trying to achieve the same but I’m struggling with this issue. I’d like to have a “home”, “back” and “previous” button but none of them works. Home Button works only when I reach another website, so it changes the domain. “Back” and “Forward” buttons just produce a white screen. ![12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/2/d2abe4277b22345b6de7bf594531cc2bf163ef6d.jpeg) I’ve followed the only post that looks like to have a solutions to this requested issue. > [@\[Superpost\] Can we go "back" on the webviewer?](http://community.thunkable.com/t/ios-can-we-go-back-on-the-ios-version-of-webviewer/25000): > > Hey Thunkable community, I’m back seeking advice and suggestion! slight_smile I have created an iOS app, and its on Flight Test. Now my group of testers are telling me that they can not go back to the previous page. And I know that on the android you can do the following. [18%20PM] What are options for iOS. Because on apple you can swipe left to right and go back to the previous page you were at. I assumed that was the case with all Thunkable iOS apps as well, because i do not see any b… ---
**Author:** ![Paolo\_Eramo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Paolo\_Eramo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Paolo_Eramo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/24 "2019-03-21T16:13:08Z")
I’m creating a simple app with Webviewer to browse a site from. I need to insert buttons that allow me to navigate forward and backward pages and a button to return to the Home. I actually have difficulty creating buttons to navigate back and forth with the Webview. I’ve searched for a solutions inside the Community but looks like that none of the post I’ve found with similar issues has the solution. Anybody has achieved this? Thanks [http://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-a-web-viewer-with-back-button/68464/3](http://community.thunkable.com/t/creating-a-web-viewer-with-back-button/68464/3) > [@Going back on IOS](http://community.thunkable.com/t/going-back-on-ios/25776/3): > > this is what i do, i insert button, then i put block like that, the url is the website homepage. it’s work for normal web, but i still facing problem for m.XXXXX.XX web format (mobile web) ---
**Author:** ![Mix24hours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mix24hours](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Mix24hours)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/25 "2019-05-23T12:49:13Z")
ios : how to make a buttom to go back on the iOS version of webviewer??? ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/26 "2019-06-17T11:09:43Z")
Hi there, Thunkable X Web Viewer doesn’t currently have a ‘Go Back’ block. You can use the ‘Set URL to [homepage]’ block to return to the original website you were viewing, or open another website. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sbpaypallm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sbpaypallm](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sbpaypallm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/27 "2019-08-05T16:07:40Z")
Just building out an app with the web viewer in it, unfortunately the back button ignores the web viewer and takes you back to the prior screen. Is there a way for the app to “go back” as one would in a web browser? @domhnallohanlon @Peter_Mathijssen @actech ---
**Author:** ![Elanor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/elanor/32/24039_2.png) [@Elanor](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Elanor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/28 "2018-09-25T11:32:55Z")
Hi Just wondering, is there any way to add navigation to the webviewer? When I look at a page in Live testing, I can click links to move forward, but there’s no way to move backwards. Or… is there a way to make a link clicked in the web viewer open in an external browser? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![manjudevi.devi1802u3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@manjudevi.devi1802u3](https://community.thunkable.com/u/manjudevi.devi1802u3)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/29 "2019-08-03T04:28:41Z")
i am facing the same problem in thunkable x platform and the the older version of thunkable is not working in webview so plesase solve our problem it is very important for me ---
**Author:** ![BlueWhaleYT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/bluewhaleyt/32/28437_2.png) [@BlueWhaleYT](https://community.thunkable.com/u/BlueWhaleYT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/30 "2019-08-03T04:32:05Z")
Hi there, You meant embed a navigator in the webviewer? Either it look like the webviewer inside a navigator. ---
**Author:** ![manjudevi.devi1802u3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@manjudevi.devi1802u3](https://community.thunkable.com/u/manjudevi.devi1802u3)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/31 "2019-08-03T04:52:28Z")
can you explain me ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/32 "2019-10-27T19:39:24Z")
unfortunately there is not yet any possibility to do this because for whatever reason the getWebViewerURL blocks do not return the current URL but only the one you set… Pretty useless atm 😕 otherwise you could built a workaround for going back… Hope they will fix / update the webviewer soon. ---
**Author:** ![ketty\_ferreira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@ketty\_ferreira](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ketty_ferreira)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/33 "2018-11-06T11:21:34Z")
how to add a button back in webview? ---
**Author:** ![mkandou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mkandou](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mkandou)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/34 "2020-02-19T02:47:09Z")
I have the same question… ---
**Author:** ![kizzy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kizzy/32/76421_2.png) [@kizzy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kizzy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/35 "2020-02-19T02:50:07Z")
put the back url in a button ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/36 "2020-02-19T03:32:18Z")
You could add each url into a list. if they click the back button, go to first item in list. if they long click back button, have that show a list viewer and allow them to choose which they want to go back to? just some ideas 🙂 @mkandou ---
**Author:** ![mkandou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mkandou](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mkandou)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/37 "2020-02-19T04:26:47Z")
so where do I put this list? using blocks or? Sorry, if you don’t mind, please go a little detailed as I’m a complete noob here. ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/38 "2020-02-19T06:30:50Z")
See sample [https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5af7fd683098b30001ec65c3/project/properties/designer](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5af7fd683098b30001ec65c3/project/properties/designer) ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/chris/32/78883_2.png) [@Chris](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/39 "2020-02-19T15:49:10Z")
> [@\[Solved\] Webview navigation](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-webview-navigation/55299/6): > > See sample [Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/projects/5af7fd683098b30001ec65c3/project/properties/designer) does not work for me at all (just shows a grey bar and label with “1” above) > [@ketty\_ferreira](#): > > how to add a button back in webview? @ketty_ferreira you cannot create a real “go back” button for the webview right now because it does not return the current URL so that you could store it as variable and navigate back to the last one. Hopefully this will be added soon but right now when you use getURL it will only return the URL you set via a block but not when the user follows links. Best, Chris ---
**Author:** ![actech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@actech](https://community.thunkable.com/u/actech)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000/40 "2020-02-19T16:16:10Z")
I’m sorry to hear that. In Live on Bluestacks and Android 8.1 works well, on iOS 12.4 - only the blue area. But it also worked on iOS (( The problem is in WebViewer. If you specify WebViewer about:blank in the address bar, this results in a white screen on iOS. This is a bug. [Previous page](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.thunkable.com/t/superpost-can-we-go-back-on-the-webviewer/25000.md?page=3)