[Question] why is initial page load a POP

[aszwemin]

If I print out location.action on the initial load, it will show POP? Is that a standard or an issue?

[mjackson]

In general, most actions are a POP. Any time you use go(n) the action will be a POP. So, for example, both the back and forward buttons in a web browser trigger a POP action. This might seem like a bit of a misnomer if you're thinking about it in terms of a stack, where the word "pop" means to take an item from the top of the stack. But if you think about actions in terms of a pointer into the history stack it tends to make more sense.

[aszwemin]

Thanks for that. So is there any way to determine that something is a back button?

[mjackson]

See #36

[aszwemin]

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