Horse Browser doesn't have a prominent back button at the top of the window because Trails make it mostly unnecessary. The page you came from is right there in the sidebar, one row up. Click it.
That said, there are still cases where back-button-style navigation makes sense, moving back inside a single web page, or recovering a Trail you closed by accident. The rest of this page covers those.
How "back" works in practice
Every page you've visited is still in the sidebar, in the order you visited it. To go back, click the previous page. To go forward again, click the next one. The browser does the navigation; you do the looking.
Undo a deleted Trail
If you closed something you didn't mean to, this brings it back. The full guide is How To Undelete Trail.
Mouse users:
- Visit Menu > File > Undo Delete Trail
Keyboard users:
- ⌘ + ⇧ + T (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + T (Windows / Linux)
Going back inside a single page
When a page has its own internal history (a multi-step form, a single-page app), regular back-navigation works inside that page.
Mouse users:
- Visit Menu > Navigation > Back
- Select Back from ••• next to the selected page
Keyboard users:
- Enter ⌘ + [ on Mac
- Ctrl + [ on Windows / Linux
Viewing History
Most people don't reach for History in Horse, the sidebar is already visible, but it's there if you want it. The list shows everything from the current session at the bottom of the sidebar.
Mouse Users:
- Go to Menu > View > Show History
Keyboard users:
- ⌘ + ⇧ + H on Mac
- Ctrl + Shift + H on Windows / Linux
Closing the History list
Mouse users: click X at the top of the History list.
Keyboard users: press the same shortcut again to toggle it off.
