Description

A native ESModule React hook for navigating back one location using React Router DOM, defaulting to navigating home instead of leaving your web application.

Installation

``bash
npm install use-back
`

Note: This package is a native ESModule that requires React Router DOM v6 as a peer dependency.

Usage

`tsx
import {useBack} from "use-back";

const BackButton = () => {
const {hasBack, handleBack} = useBack();
return (

{hasBack ? "Go Back" : "Go Home"}

);
};
`

$3

Returns: {handleBack, hasBack} Object containing an event handler that navigates back, and a boolean that indicates whether the handler will navigate back or to the default path

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| ----------- | -------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| defaultPath | string | "/"` | Fallback path to navigate to for when there is not a previous history entry |

License

Copyright Evelyn Hathaway, MIT License