# Navigating via a sub-category mention then unable to go back

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-via-a-sub-category-mention-then-unable-to-go-back/38793
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [31 בינואר,‏ 2016,‏ 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-via-a-sub-category-mention-then-unable-to-go-back/38793 "2016-01-31T15:07:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [31 בינואר,‏ 2016,‏ 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-via-a-sub-category-mention-then-unable-to-go-back/38793/1 "2016-01-31T15:07:22Z")

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If you navigate to a sub-category via a sub-category mention you are then unable to use the browsers back / previous page navigation to return to the page you clicked the link on.

## Steps to Reproduce

1. Select a sub-category mention i.e. #feature:spec
2. Select the browsers back button or use keyboard navigation — Alt + ←

## Expected Result

To return to the page you clicked the category mention link on (the one that contained #feature:spec )

## Actual Result

See “spec” topics list refresh.

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [31 בינואר,‏ 2016,‏ 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-via-a-sub-category-mention-then-unable-to-go-back/38793/2 "2016-01-31T16:20:59Z")

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Redirect is the culprit here… I’ll take this.

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [1 בפברואר,‏ 2016,‏ 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-via-a-sub-category-mention-then-unable-to-go-back/38793/3 "2016-02-01T07:17:39Z")

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Fixed  
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8772ba2f80a9c196c02fefb4899b4da6e7ffe543](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8772ba2f80a9c196c02fefb4899b4da6e7ffe543)

Thanks for reporting @DeanMarkTaylor 🙂

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### Author: ![tgxworld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tgxworld/32/106117_2.png) [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [1 בפברואר,‏ 2016,‏ 7:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/navigating-via-a-sub-category-mention-then-unable-to-go-back/38793/4 "2016-02-01T07:17:49Z")

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