react hook trigger action when back button is clicked code example

Example 1: if back react

import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom'


const [ locationKeys, setLocationKeys ] = useState([])
const history = useHistory()

useEffect(() => {
  return history.listen(location => {
    if (history.action === 'PUSH') {
      setLocationKeys([ location.key ])
    }

    if (history.action === 'POP') {
      if (locationKeys[1] === location.key) {
        setLocationKeys(([ _, ...keys ]) => keys)

        // Handle forward event

      } else {
        setLocationKeys((keys) => [ location.key, ...keys ])

        // Handle back event

      }
    }
  })
}, [ locationKeys, ])

Example 2: chrome back button click event react

const {history} = useRouter();
  useEffect(() => {
    return () => {
      // && history.location.pathname === "any specific path")
      if (history.action === "POP") {
        history.replace(history.location.pathname, /* the new state */);
      }
    };
  }, [history])