TYPO3.Neos

We need a way to figure out the previously visited page through JS (accessing the browser history) and use that information in the Login controller.

Jens, please get in touch with Nils and let him know how that could be implemented.

This seems to be difficult since browsers protect the history data pretty well. I found a StackOverflow discussion that only mentions the link color hack for well-known URLs (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/48805/how-do-you-access-browser-history).

Maybe we could implement this with an hash token #typo3 added to the URL and some JavaScript that checks the location and forwards to the login.

What about doing history back after sucessful login and redirect to the backend from that page then?

(Contra: If the previous page was loaded after submitting a form or something you get this weird browser message..)

maybe we can track the HTTP_Referrer in /typo3 controller and save it for example in the session. while rendering the backend and the website iframe we can use this information or if the user starts directly on domain.de/typo3 use the baseurl for the iframe

@Nils Since it's browser dependent the HTTP_REFERER could be an unsafe guess.

My idea of adding "#typo3" to the URL could be problematic if there's an anchor with the name "typo3" on the page and there has to be some kind of "Default JS" on every page to allow the backend switch.

How about adding some JS to every page by default which sets a cookie with the uuid (or something similar) of the last visited page. IMO this doesn't affect performance in any way and is pretty simple to do.

Is there a good reason why people would like to disable that?