How to get last viewed scene name?

[Gimzo]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me how to get the last viewed scene name within Javascript?
I want to jump around between scenes using a back button.

For example: I have five scenes: A, B, C, D, E.

I jump to B from A. I then return to A. I jump to E from C and the return to E.

Thanks for your help.

[Photics]

You could save the name of the scene in a variable, and then use that value in the Hype API to load that specific scene.

[MarkHunte]

If you search the site you will find examples of how to do this

[strmiska]

you can check this:

Extend Tumult Hype with JavaScript: hypeDocument.extensions

hypeDocument.getSceneElementByName

[MarkHunte]

You still need to workout what that scene was…

[MarkHunte]

Here

Create a 'Back' button to transition to the last-visited scene

Below is a technique to create a 'Back' button within your Tumult Hype document which will take your users to the last visited scene. This does not override the Browser back button. First, on all scenes where you want to remember visits, add this JS function to run 'On Scene Unload': window.lastHypeSceneName = hypeDocument.currentSceneName(); To create your back button which will look at the last 'Unloaded' scene, run this function when the button is clicked: if (window.lastHypeSceneN…

[Gimzo]

Thanks, Michael,

That worked perfectly.