feat: add back navigation to profiles by kojoarhinful · Pull Request #1235 · dev-null-sh/dev-null.sh

kojoarhinful · 2026-10-27T16:10:43Z

Summary

Profiles had no back control. The new arrow in the profile header returns to the previous page, falling back to the viewer's log (or home for guests) when there is no history.

Validation

bun run test:lint pass
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Changes

New useGoBack hook: goes back with the Navigation API, falls back to history.length, then to the log or home.
New ProfileBackButton in the profile header.
The commit page reuses the hook.

Visual evidence

After only, since production doesn’t have this yet, I’ve shared the after view only.

Limitations

The back arrow only navigates within the app. When a profile or commit is opened directly (for example from a shared link), it takes the viewer to their log, or home for guests, instead of sending them off-site. Viewers can still leave with the browser's own back button. Profile tabs add history entries, so back returns to the previous tab first.

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New Features
- Added an accessible back button to the profile header. It returns to the previous page when available, or navigates to an appropriate fallback page.
- Back navigation on profile and commit pages now follows the same behavior, including when no previous page is available.
Style
- Updated the commit page’s back button spacing and alignment.

coderabbitai · 2026-10-27T16:11:06Z

Walkthrough

The commit page now uses a shared back-navigation hook. The user profile page adds a back button to its sticky header. The hook checks browser navigation state and uses the home or current-log route when no previous entry is available.

Changes: Profile navigation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared back-navigation behavior `resources/js/hooks/use-go-back.ts`, `resources/js/pages/commit/show.tsx`	Adds `useGoBack` with Navigation API and history-length checks, plus home and current-log fallbacks. The commit page uses the hook and updates its back button styling.
Profile back button and integration `resources/js/components/profile-back-button.tsx`, `resources/js/pages/user/show.tsx`	Adds an accessible back button that uses `useGoBack`. Renders it in the sticky profile header.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  actor User
  participant ProfileBackButton
  participant useGoBack
  participant BrowserHistory
  participant HomeRoute
  participant LogShowRoute
  User->>ProfileBackButton: activate back button
  ProfileBackButton->>useGoBack: invoke callback
  useGoBack->>BrowserHistory: check Navigation API or history length
  alt a previous entry is available
    useGoBack->>BrowserHistory: go back
  else auth.log is null
    useGoBack->>HomeRoute: visit home
  else auth.log is not null
    useGoBack->>LogShowRoute: visit current log
  end

Possibly related issues

There is no back button to thread #903: Adds a profile back button that addresses the reported difficulty returning to a thread after opening a profile.

Possibly related PRs

dev-null-sh/dev-null.sh#905: Adds the same hook-based back-navigation behavior and profile-header button.

Suggested reviewers: nunomaduro

Merge Risk: Low · up to bf31e

The back button can do nothing at the start of a forward-only history, or open home or the viewer’s log instead of returning to an external site. These navigation issues are bounded; fix them or explicitly accept them before merging.

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Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 20.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surv…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title "feat: add back navigation to profiles" matches the main change. The PR adds a back arrow to profile headers via a new ProfileBackButton component, and it adds a useGoBack hook that goes bac…
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The title "feat: add back navigation to profiles" matches the main change. The PR adds a back arrow to profile headers via a new ProfileBackButton component, and it adds a useGoBack hook that goes back in history or falls back to the viewer's log or home. The title names the feature and the affected area. It does not mention the shared hook or the refactor of the commit page, which is expected for a short title.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-27T16:14:59Z

+    const { auth } = usePage().props;
+
+    const goBack = () => {
+        if (window.history.length > 1) {


Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Check for a previous entry, not the total history length.

If a visitor opens a profile directly, visits another profile tab, and uses browser Back to return to the first entry, the forward entry keeps history.length above one. This button then calls history.back(), which does nothing, and skips the log or home fallback. Use a check that distinguishes a previous entry from forward-only history. (developer.mozilla.org)

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nunomaduro · 2026-10-27T18:18:32Z

Closing as a duplicate of #905, which adds the same useGoBack hook and profile back button, moves the commit page onto it, and also covers the connections page. #905 is older and already approved, so please follow it for #903. Thanks!

kojoarhinful · 2026-10-27T20:04:44Z

Thanks for letting me know. I missed #905, so I will follow it for #903.

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