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How to Disable Back and Refresh Button functionality in ReactJS

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by Abdul Rawoof A R dot icon Updated: Feb 10, 2023

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Sometimes, we must disable the back or refresh buttons. For instance, online web-based exams, most of them have proxy servers. Most web applications do not allow users to access the previous page or refresh the page because of the protocols. Also, while filling out a long form, some applications disable the back button, leaving the users unable to edit the information they filled in previously, and disable the refresh button so that no information should be lost. 


For this purpose, we must import: 

  • React: This library provides various hooks that are used for creating and styling a webpage. 
  • React-DOM: This library allows react components to interact with the browser. 


To disable the buttons, we can use the following: 

  • Disabled: This prop accepts Boolean values. 

By using the disabled property on our back button or the Refresh button, we can stop the user from going back to the previous page or reloading the page. 


You can have a look at the code below to disable the back button or refresh button using ReactJs. 

Fig : Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

In this solution we are using React library.

Disabling the back button and refresh button using reactjs

Lines of Code : 35dotLicense : Strong Copyleft (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dependent Libraries : 
class App extends React.Component{
  state = {
    isResetDisable: false,
    isReloadDisable: false,
  }
  handleButtonPress(token){
     console.log(token+" "+"pressed")
  }
  render(){
    return(
     <div>
         <div>
            <a onClick={()=>this.setState({isResetDisable: !this.state.isResetDisable})}> Click Reset lable to toggle button
            </a>
                <input disabled={this.state.isResetDisable}  type="button" value={this.state.isResetDisable ? 'Reset Disabled' : 'Reset Enable'} onClick={()=>{this.handleButtonPress('reset')}}/>
         </div>       
         
           
         <div>
          
           <a onClick={()=>this.setState({isReloadDisable: !this.state.isReloadDisable})}> Click Reload lable to toggle button
            </a>
                <input disabled={this.state.isReloadDisable}  type="button" value={this.state.isReloadDisable ? 'Reload Disabled' : 'Reload Enable'} onClick={()=>this.handleButtonPress('reload')}/>
                
         </div>
         
     </div>
    )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/15.1.0/react-dom.min.js"></script>
<div id="root"></div>

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

  1. Install the Node.js and React on your IDE(preferable Visual Studio Code).
  2. Create React Application using npx create-react-app foldername.
  3. cd foldername.
  4. Open the folder in IDE.
  5. Copy the code using "copy" button above and paste it in app.js file(remove the earlier code from app.js) then paste the script tag in index.html file.
  6. Import React and ReactDOM.
  7. Open the terminal from IDE.
  8. npm start to run the file.


I hope you found this useful. I have added the link to dependent libraries, version information in the following sections.


I found this code snippet by searching for 'how to disabling back button and refresh button using reactjs' in kandi. You can try any such use case!

Environment Tested

I tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

  1. The solution is created in Visual Studio Code 1.73.1.
  2. The solution is tested on node v18.12.1 and npm v8.19.2.
  3. React version-18.2.0.


Using this solution, we are able to disabling the back button and refresh button using reactjs with simple steps. This process also facilities an easy way to use, hassle-free method to create a hands-on working version of code which would help us to disabling the back button and refresh button using reactjs.

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