Glo HD A "Back" or " Previous" Button

Rickpcmp3 · 05-31-2019, 08:37 AM

Often when reading a book with footnotes, or links to other references in the book, I have trouble navigating back to the original place I was reading (especially if I've selected a few different locations one after another).

Rarely, in the lower left corner of the screen controls I'll see either "Previous" or "Back". I can't recall which because it's so rare, and I can't seem to make it happen. Normally, the only option is "Home" or "Books", which is never what I want. (I can easily select "Home" or "Books" elsewhere.) Is this normal behavior? My Kindle PW always allows me to go "Back", and has a dedicated button for doing so.

FWIW, I have installed a couple custom patches which allow me to invert the screen ink color, have the original beta features like games, etc. Could these patches affect the lower left "Home/Books/Previous" button? Or is there a patch to force the button to always be used as a "Back/Previous" button?

davidfor · 05-31-2019, 08:50 AM

If you use use a link, the ToC, the navigation bar, search or an annotation to go to a different part of the book, you should see "Previous location" in the bottom left when you bring up the menu bars. It should stay there until you leave the book, use the option, or turn the page to another chapter. The behaviour is slightly different between epubs and kepubs, but most of it is the same.

I can't think of any reason for it not to work this way. It's possible that some of the formats don't have all the options, but, for epubs and kepubs it should be like this.

Rickpcmp3 · 06-03-2019, 08:43 PM

I'm using mainly ePubs (some are Calibre converted Kwz to epub, but no Kepubs) and I get this abnormal behavior every time.

05-31-2019, 08:37 AM	#1
Rickpcmp3 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2018 Device: Kobo Goo HD	A "Back" or " Previous" Button Often when reading a book with footnotes, or links to other references in the book, I have trouble navigating back to the original place I was reading (especially if I've selected a few different locations one after another). Rarely, in the lower left corner of the screen controls I'll see either "Previous" or "Back". I can't recall which because it's so rare, and I can't seem to make it happen. Normally, the only option is "Home" or "Books", which is never what I want. (I can easily select "Home" or "Books" elsewhere.) Is this normal behavior? My Kindle PW always allows me to go "Back", and has a dedicated button for doing so. FWIW, I have installed a couple custom patches which allow me to invert the screen ink color, have the original beta features like games, etc. Could these patches affect the lower left "Home/Books/Previous" button? Or is there a patch to force the button to always be used as a "Back/Previous" button?

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05-31-2019, 08:50 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303822 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	If you use use a link, the ToC, the navigation bar, search or an annotation to go to a different part of the book, you should see "Previous location" in the bottom left when you bring up the menu bars. It should stay there until you leave the book, use the option, or turn the page to another chapter. The behaviour is slightly different between epubs and kepubs, but most of it is the same. I can't think of any reason for it not to work this way. It's possible that some of the formats don't have all the options, but, for epubs and kepubs it should be like this.

06-03-2019, 08:43 PM	#3
Rickpcmp3 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2018 Device: Kobo Goo HD	I'm using mainly ePubs (some are Calibre converted Kwz to epub, but no Kepubs) and I get this abnormal behavior every time.

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