playwright_go_back
Navigate back in browser history during automated testing to verify page transitions and user flow functionality.
Instructions
Navigate back in browser history
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/browser/navigation.ts:94-104 (handler)The GoBackTool.execute method implements the core logic for the playwright_go_back tool by calling page.goBack() on the Playwright page instance.
export class GoBackTool extends BrowserToolBase { /** * Execute the go back tool */ async execute(_args: any, context: ToolContext): Promise<ToolResponse> { return this.safeExecute(context, async (page) => { await page.goBack(); return createSuccessResponse("Navigated back in browser history"); }); } } - src/tools.ts:412-420 (schema)Input schema definition for the playwright_go_back tool, specifying no required parameters.
{ name: "playwright_go_back", description: "Navigate back in browser history", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, required: [], }, }, - src/toolHandler.ts:641-642 (registration)Registration in the main tool handler switch statement that dispatches calls to the GoBackTool instance.
case "playwright_go_back": return await goBackTool.execute(args, context); - src/toolHandler.ts:414-414 (registration)Instantiation of the GoBackTool class instance used for handling tool calls.
if (!goBackTool) goBackTool = new GoBackTool(server); - src/toolHandler.ts:33-33 (registration)Import of the GoBackTool from its implementation file.
import { GoBackTool, GoForwardTool } from "./tools/browser/navigation.js";