After doing more research...
Strictly speaking, you can't use replaceState()
to change where back navigation will go to. However, you can listen to the popstate
event and navigate accordingly.
Additional documentation:
Question
Wondering if I can use the HTML5 history API's replaceState()
method (or something similar) to change the state of a previously visited page (as opposed to the current page)?
Solution
After doing more research...
Strictly speaking, you can't use replaceState()
to change where back navigation will go to. However, you can listen to the popstate
event and navigate accordingly.
Additional documentation: