When displaying a modal on mobile, have the 'back' button close the modal instead of actually going back a page

[Kevin]

The title says it all ... When displaying a modal on mobile, have the 'back' button close the modal instead of actually going back a page.

Besides the XF modal, the same for the lightbox when viewing an image, instead of going back a page just close the lightbox when the mobile device 'back' button is hit.

 

[briansol]

I just came to post this.

Just happened to me again and I got annoyed enough to come here on a Sunday lol


Trap the native back button and prevent default action and instead close the attachment browser modal.

 

[Joe Link]

We have members requesting this too, seems it's becoming the standard?

@Russ what would it take to add this to Pixel Exit styles?

 

[beerForo]

An annoyance yes.

 

[btmgreg]

Definitely agree with this. My default reaction is to always push the back button to close a modal on my phone. It other people feel the same then it must be natural.

 

[btmgreg]

Just came to this forum to post this suggestion after searching and finding this bug report.

Third party - Image gallery: Back button unexpectedly navigates to previous page instead of closing the overlay

After an image gallery overlay has been opened, clicking/tapping the browser's back button unexpectedly navigates to the previously opened page instead of just closing the overlay. I know that there is a "close" button in the upper-right corner of the overlay and on desktop systems even the...

xenforo.com

Its something that still bothers me unexpectedly! Pushing back should return to what you were looking at, not the previous page (or close the page if that's the first open without navigating)

Totally forgot I'd previously posted about this above!