Question

As the title says, will this code work and will it work in major browsers?

I ask because currently I have no resources to test it, so I would appreciate some help on this.

Here is what I have (not tested):

setTimeout(window.location.history.go(-2), 5000);

Thanks

Answer 1

setTimeout(window.location.history.go(-2), 5000);

history is a property of window, not location. Also if you want it to trigger after a delay you will need to make a delayed-call function—currently you are calling go() immediately, and passing the return value of the function to setTimeout, which clearly won’t work. You probably mean:

setTimeout(function() {
    history.go(-2);
}, 5000);

As for ‘go back two pages’, yes, it’ll work in pretty much all JS-supporting browsers, but it’s the kind of thing users are likely to find incredibly confusing. Are you sure you want to do that?