This might sound odd but someone on my site asked if I could add the back button back onto my site on IOS, but I have no IOS devices so I have no idea what he’s referring to. I did a search here and see reference to there being one added (or always was?) on it back in 2019/2020….was this removed? Or changed? I’ve never seen it nor knew about it, I just use gestures on Android….but if this is a thing can I get it back somehow?

PWA. I have the “Discourse Tab Bar” plugin installed for mobile and he says there was a back arrow right above that, on the left side of the screen. He said it was on all of the themes, it was a “purple back button” (color might be related to the theme, if it would be affected by that because I have one with a purple theming) and you could press it to go back pages. I have nothing IOS and I’ve never seen anything related, and he’s on IOS, so I would guess it has to be an IOS thing? I found this https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/466628-add-back-button-for-pwa-on-ios/ referencing an IOS back button on the PWA and shows something with a back and forward set up from this site I have no idea if this is what he’s talking about, he talks…in a special way which makes it difficult to get any amount of detailed information without 15 back and forths

"Back button" in IOS?

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) August 4, 2025, 6:45am 2

Hmm… is the user using the forum as a PWA or via Safari/a web browser?

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"Back button" in IOS?

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