Components

Back link

Use the back link component to help users go back to the previous page in a multi-page transaction.

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Back
HTML 
<a href="#" class="govuk-back-link">Back</a>
Nunjucks
Nunjucks macro options

Use options to customise the appearance, content and behaviour of a component when using a macro, for example, changing the text.

Some options are required for the macro to work; these are marked as "Required" in the option description.

If you’re using Nunjucks macros in production with "html" options, or ones ending with "html", you must sanitise the HTML to protect against cross-site scripting exploits.

Primary options
Name Type Description
text string

Text to use within the back link component. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored. Defaults to "Back".
html string

HTML to use within the back link component. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored. Defaults to "Back".
href string Required.

The value of the link's href attribute.
classes string

Classes to add to the anchor tag.
attributes object

HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the anchor tag.

 
{% from "moduk/components/back-link/macro.njk" import modukBackLink -%}

{{ modukBackLink({
  text: "Back",
  href: "#"
}) -}}

See GOV.UK back link component guidance for:

  • when to use this component
  • when not to use it
  • how it works

Changes from the GOV.UK version

MOD.UK Design System components are closely based on GOV.UK Design System components.

For this component we’ve changed the font.

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Email the MOD.UK Design System team at design-system@digital.mod.uk

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