ion-back-button

The back button navigates back in the app's history upon click. It is smart enough to know what to render based on the mode and when to show based on the navigation stack.

To change what is displayed in the back button, use the text and icon properties.

Usage

Angular

<!-- Default back button -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Back button with a default href -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button defaultHref="home"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Back button with custom text and icon -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button [text]="buttonText" [icon]="buttonIcon"> </ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Back button with no text and custom icon -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button text="" icon="add"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Danger back button next to a menu button -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-menu-button></ion-menu-button>
      <ion-back-button color="danger"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

Javascript

<!-- Default back button -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Back button with a default href -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button default-href="home"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Back button with custom text and icon -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button text="Volver" icon="close"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Back button with no text and custom icon -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-back-button text="" icon="add"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

<!-- Danger back button next to a menu button -->
<ion-header>
  <ion-toolbar>
    <ion-buttons slot="start">
      <ion-menu-button></ion-menu-button>
      <ion-back-button color="danger"></ion-back-button>
    </ion-buttons>
  </ion-toolbar>
</ion-header>

React

import React from 'react';
import { IonBackButton, IonHeader, IonToolbar, IonButtons, IonMenuButton, IonContent } from '@ionic/react';

export const BackButtonExample: React.FC = () => (
  <IonContent>
    {/*-- Default back button --*/}
    <IonHeader>
      <IonToolbar>
        <IonButtons slot="start">
          <IonBackButton />
        </IonButtons>
      </IonToolbar>
    </IonHeader>

    {/*-- Back button with a default href --*/}
    <IonHeader>
      <IonToolbar>
        <IonButtons slot="start">
          <IonBackButton defaultHref="home" />
        </IonButtons>
      </IonToolbar>
    </IonHeader>

    {/*-- Back button with custom text and icon --*/}
    <IonHeader>
      <IonToolbar>
        <IonButtons slot="start">
          <IonBackButton text="buttonText" icon="buttonIcon" />
        </IonButtons>
      </IonToolbar>
    </IonHeader>

    {/*-- Back button with no text and custom icon --*/}
    <IonHeader>
      <IonToolbar>
        <IonButtons slot="start">
          <IonBackButton text="" icon="add" />
        </IonButtons>
      </IonToolbar>
    </IonHeader>

    {/*-- Danger back button next to a menu button --*/}
    <IonHeader>
      <IonToolbar>
        <IonButtons slot="start">
          <IonMenuButton />
          <IonBackButton color="danger" />
        </IonButtons>
      </IonToolbar>
    </IonHeader>
  </IonContent>
);

Stencil

import { Component, h } from '@stencil/core';

@Component({
  tag: 'back-button-example',
  styleUrl: 'back-button-example.css',
})
export class BackButtonExample {
  render() {
    const buttonText = 'Custom';
    const buttonIcon = 'add';

    return [
      // Default back button
      <ion-header>
        <ion-toolbar>
          <ion-buttons slot="start">
            <ion-back-button></ion-back-button>
          </ion-buttons>
        </ion-toolbar>
      </ion-header>,

      // Back button with a default href
      <ion-header>
        <ion-toolbar>
          <ion-buttons slot="start">
            <ion-back-button defaultHref="home"></ion-back-button>
          </ion-buttons>
        </ion-toolbar>
      </ion-header>,

      // Back button with custom text and icon
      <ion-header>
        <ion-toolbar>
          <ion-buttons slot="start">
            <ion-back-button text={buttonText} icon={buttonIcon}></ion-back-button>
          </ion-buttons>
        </ion-toolbar>
      </ion-header>,

      // Back button with no text and custom icon
      <ion-header>
        <ion-toolbar>
          <ion-buttons slot="start">
            <ion-back-button text="" icon="add"></ion-back-button>
          </ion-buttons>
        </ion-toolbar>
      </ion-header>,

      // Danger back button next to a menu button
      <ion-header>
        <ion-toolbar>
          <ion-buttons slot="start">
            <ion-menu-button></ion-menu-button>
            <ion-back-button color="danger"></ion-back-button>
          </ion-buttons>
        </ion-toolbar>
      </ion-header>,
    ];
  }
}

Vue

<template>
  <!-- Default back button -->
  <ion-header>
    <ion-toolbar>
      <ion-buttons slot="start">
        <ion-back-button></ion-back-button>
      </ion-buttons>
    </ion-toolbar>
  </ion-header>

  <!-- Back button with a default href -->
  <ion-header>
    <ion-toolbar>
      <ion-buttons slot="start">
        <ion-back-button default-href="home"></ion-back-button>
      </ion-buttons>
    </ion-toolbar>
  </ion-header>

  <!-- Back button with custom text and icon -->
  <ion-header>
    <ion-toolbar>
      <ion-buttons slot="start">
        <ion-back-button :text="buttonText" :icon="buttonIcon"> </ion-back-button>
      </ion-buttons>
    </ion-toolbar>
  </ion-header>

  <!-- Back button with no text and custom icon -->
  <ion-header>
    <ion-toolbar>
      <ion-buttons slot="start">
        <ion-back-button text="" icon="add"></ion-back-button>
      </ion-buttons>
    </ion-toolbar>
  </ion-header>

  <!-- Danger back button next to a menu button -->
  <ion-header>
    <ion-toolbar>
      <ion-buttons slot="start">
        <ion-menu-button></ion-menu-button>
        <ion-back-button color="danger"></ion-back-button>
      </ion-buttons>
    </ion-toolbar>
  </ion-header>
</template>

<script>
  import { IonButtons, IonHeader, IonMenuButton, IonToolbar } from '@ionic/vue';
  import { defineComponent } from 'vue';

  export default defineComponent({
    components: { IonButtons, IonHeader, IonMenuButton, IonToolbar },
  });
</script>

Properties

color

Description	The color to use from your application's color palette. Default options are: "primary", "secondary", "tertiary", "success", "warning", "danger", "light", "medium", and "dark". For more information on colors, see theming.
Attribute	color
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

defaultHref

Description	The url to navigate back to by default when there is no history.
Attribute	default-href
Type	string \| undefined
Default	undefined

disabled

Description	If true, the user cannot interact with the button.
Attribute	disabled
Type	boolean
Default	false

icon

Description	The icon name to use for the back button.
Attribute	icon
Type	null \| string \| undefined
Default	undefined

mode

Description	The mode determines which platform styles to use.
Attribute	mode
Type	"ios" \| "md"
Default	undefined

routerAnimation

Description	When using a router, it specifies the transition animation when navigating to another page.
Attribute	undefined
Type	((baseEl: any, opts?: any) => Animation) \| undefined
Default	undefined

text

Description	The text to display in the back button.
Attribute	text
Type	null \| string \| undefined
Default	undefined

type

Description	The type of the button.
Attribute	type
Type	"button" \| "reset" \| "submit"
Default	'button'

CSS Shadow Parts

Name	Description
icon	The back button icon (uses ion-icon).
native	The native HTML button element that wraps all child elements.
text	The back button text.

CSS Custom Properties

Name	Description
--background	Background of the button
--background-focused	Background of the button when focused with the tab key
--background-focused-opacity	Opacity of the button background when focused with the tab key
--background-hover	Background of the button on hover
--background-hover-opacity	Opacity of the background on hover
--border-radius	Border radius of the button
--color	Text color of the button
--color-focused	Text color of the button when focused with the tab key
--color-hover	Text color of the button on hover
--icon-font-size	Font size of the button icon
--icon-font-weight	Font weight of the button icon
--icon-margin-bottom	Bottom margin of the button icon
--icon-margin-end	Right margin if direction is left-to-right, and left margin if direction is right-to-left of the button icon
--icon-margin-start	Left margin if direction is left-to-right, and right margin if direction is right-to-left of the button icon
--icon-margin-top	Top margin of the button icon
--icon-padding-bottom	Bottom padding of the button icon
--icon-padding-end	Right padding if direction is left-to-right, and left padding if direction is right-to-left of the button icon
--icon-padding-start	Left padding if direction is left-to-right, and right padding if direction is right-to-left of the button icon
--icon-padding-top	Top padding of the button icon
--margin-bottom	Bottom margin of the button
--margin-end	Right margin if direction is left-to-right, and left margin if direction is right-to-left of the button
--margin-start	Left margin if direction is left-to-right, and right margin if direction is right-to-left of the button
--margin-top	Top margin of the button
--min-height	Minimum height of the button
--min-width	Minimum width of the button
--opacity	Opacity of the button
--padding-bottom	Bottom padding of the button
--padding-end	Right padding if direction is left-to-right, and left padding if direction is right-to-left of the button
--padding-start	Left padding if direction is left-to-right, and right padding if direction is right-to-left of the button
--padding-top	Top padding of the button
--ripple-color	Color of the button ripple effect
--transition	Transition of the button