«Back» link behaviour is weird

[SiegfriedEhret]

Hello you !

What happens: the back link goes to the browser previous page (even if it's not mastodon).

Expected: the back link should bring back the «getting started» column

Reproduce:

• Go to https://duckduckgo.com/
• In the same page, go to https://mastodon.social/web/accounts/41911 (that's me !)
• Click on the «Back» link (in the column with the profile, or local / federated timelines)
• You are back to Duck duck go.

Maybe it's just that the label «back» is misleading...

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• I searched or browsed the repo’s other issues to ensure this is not a duplicate.

[wxcafe]

If you mean the back button from the browser, that's actually expected behaviour??

[Fastidious]

@wxcafe no, OP meant “< Back” link on the Local/Federated Timelines.

[SiegfriedEhret]

Not a button, the link in the column with the opened profile or timeline (i'll update the description, thanks)

[wxcafe]

Okay this only happens with profiles, I tried with /web/timelines/public and that doesn't trigger it, but /web/accounts/ does.

[SiegfriedEhret]

Thanks for noticing the duplicate @jeepfromoil !