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Page back/forward: Alt+Left/Right, mouse side buttons, optional on-screen buttons

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Alt+Left/Right now go back/forward within the page (the standard browser
keys) instead of switching sites; sites switch with Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+[ ] and
the standard Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown. New enableHistoryButtons option (off by
default) shows half-transparent back/forward buttons at the top middle.
Settable from the terminal menu and the Web UI.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013wi3ZQveYdjfcrEsyazq32
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Claude
2026-11-06 16:47:53 +00:00
parent 7ed2d4744c
commit 1775220312
10 changed files with 161 additions and 5 deletions
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kiosk-app/main.js
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@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ let allowNavigation='same-origin';
let enablePauseButton=true;
let enableKeyboardButton=true;
let enableNavButton=true;
let enableHistoryButtons=false;
let enablePasswordProtection=false;
let lockoutPassword="";
let lockoutTimeout=0;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ function loadConfig(){
enablePauseButton=(config.enablePauseButton!==false);
enableKeyboardButton=(config.enableKeyboardButton!==false);
enableNavButton=(config.enableNavButton!==false);
enableHistoryButtons=(config.enableHistoryButtons===true);
enablePasswordProtection=(config.enablePasswordProtection===true);
lockoutPassword=config.lockoutPassword||"";
lockoutTimeout=(config.lockoutTimeout||0)*60000; // Convert minutes to ms
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ function loadConfig(){
console.log('[CONFIG] Navigation:',allowNavigation);
console.log('[CONFIG] Pause button:',enablePauseButton);
console.log('[CONFIG] Keyboard button:',enableKeyboardButton);
console.log('[CONFIG] Back/forward buttons:',enableHistoryButtons);
console.log('[CONFIG] Password protection:',enablePasswordProtection);
console.log('[CONFIG] Lockout timeout:',lockoutTimeout/60000,'minutes');
if(lockoutAtTime)console.log('[CONFIG] Lock at time:',lockoutAtTime);
@@ -1145,6 +1148,27 @@ function returnToTabs(){
markActivity();
}
// Page back/forward in the site that's on screen (Alt+Left / Alt+Right, the
// mouse's side buttons, and the optional on-screen buttons). Not while the
// screen is locked or a dialog (PIN, WiFi, power...) is open on top - the
// keys would silently navigate the page hidden behind it.
function historyGo(direction){
if(isLockedOut)return;
for(const w of [pinWindow,wifiWindow,promptWindow,pauseWindow]){
if(w&&!w.isDestroyed())return;
}
const view=showingHidden?hiddenViews[currentHiddenIndex]:views[currentIndex];
if(!view||!view.webContents||view.webContents.isDestroyed())return;
const wc=view.webContents;
const nav=wc.navigationHistory;
if(direction==='back'){
if(nav?nav.canGoBack():wc.canGoBack()){nav?nav.goBack():wc.goBack();}
}else{
if(nav?nav.canGoForward():wc.canGoForward()){nav?nav.goForward():wc.goForward();}
}
markActivity();
}
function showPinEntry(){
if(pinWindow&&!pinWindow.isDestroyed()){
pinWindow.focus();
@@ -1526,6 +1550,11 @@ async function createWindow(){
mainWindow.on('focus',()=>markActivity());
mainWindow.webContents.on('before-input-event',()=>markActivity());
// Mouse side buttons (back/forward). Reported by the window on Linux.
mainWindow.on('app-command',(event,command)=>{
if(command==='browser-backward')historyGo('back');
else if(command==='browser-forward')historyGo('forward');
});
if(!tabs.length){
mainWindow.loadURL('data:text/html,<body>No Sites Configured</body>');
@@ -1611,6 +1640,7 @@ async function createWindow(){
console.log('[MAIN] Page loaded - sending keyboard-button-enabled: '+enableKeyboardButton);
view.webContents.send('nav-button-enabled',enableNavButton);
view.webContents.send('history-buttons-enabled',enableHistoryButtons);
console.log('[MAIN] Page loaded - sending nav-button-enabled: '+enableNavButton);
console.log('[MAIN] Page loaded - resending pause-button-visibility: '+shouldShow+' for '+t.url);
@@ -1654,6 +1684,9 @@ async function createWindow(){
else if(action==='reload'){app.relaunch();app.quit();}
});
ipcMain.on('toggle-hidden',toggleHidden);
ipcMain.on('history-nav',(event,direction)=>{
if(direction==='back'||direction==='forward')historyGo(direction);
});
ipcMain.on('return-to-tabs',forceReturnToTabs);
ipcMain.on('user-activity',markActivity);
ipcMain.on('show-keyboard',()=>{showHTMLKeyboard();});
@@ -1843,9 +1876,15 @@ async function createWindow(){
globalShortcut.register('Control+Shift+Tab',()=>{prevTab();});
globalShortcut.register('Control+]',()=>{nextTab();});
globalShortcut.register('Control+[',()=>{prevTab();});
globalShortcut.register('Alt+Right',()=>{nextTab();});
globalShortcut.register('Alt+Left',()=>{prevTab();});
// The standard browser keys for switching tabs. (Alt+Left/Right used to
// switch sites; they are now page back/forward, below.)
globalShortcut.register('Control+PageDown',()=>{nextTab();});
globalShortcut.register('Control+PageUp',()=>{prevTab();});
}
// Standard browser keys for page back/forward.
globalShortcut.register('Alt+Left',()=>{historyGo('back');});
globalShortcut.register('Alt+Right',()=>{historyGo('forward');});
globalShortcut.register('F10',toggleHidden);
globalShortcut.register('Control+H',toggleHidden);