HTML5 app without navigation Forward/Back buttons in the title bar

Is it possible to have HTML5/JET app without navigation Forward/Back buttons in the title bar?
A partner building an HTML5 app that displays their own proprietary content would like to remove Forward/Back buttons because clicking the back button after a form submit automatically cancels the form submit, which results in an error on their end.

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Neil Shah

The Eikon product management team has decided not to allow our clients to remove the forward/back buttons, though I think other clients have also requested it so there may be a case to reassess.

They could also try manipulating the browser history using the HTML5 history api.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history
http://jordanhollinger.com/2012/06/08/disable-the-back-button-using-html5/

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RBrooks

Even if you find a solution that "works", keep in mind that anything your browser-side code does can be overridden (aka hacked) by a savvy user. So while it may be helpful to prevent accidental activation of Forward/Back functionality, don't count on it working - especially if Forward/Back could cause data integrity problems (or worse, a security hole).

Neil Shah

Alex Putkov.1

Thanks a lot Neil. Much appreciated.

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