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WebView NavigationEvent is NewPage for Back or Forward

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#9,875 opened on Sep 2, 2022

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Description

Description

WebNavigatingEventArgs.NavigationEvent is NewPage when navigating Back or Forward, instead of Back or Forward.

Steps to Reproduce

Add breakpoint on the following line in MainPage.xaml.cs

if (e.NavigationEvent == WebNavigationEvent.Back || e.NavigationEvent == WebNavigationEvent.Forward)

Start App.

Choose "Load Html" from Picker.

Right-click in WebView. Choose "Back". WebNavigatingEventArgs.NavigationEvent is NewPage.

Right-click in WebView. Choose "Forward". WebNavigatingEventArgs.NavigationEvent is NewPage.

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/bobahop/MauiBugReport

Version with bug

6.0.400

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Windows

Affected platform versions

net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

No response

Contributor guide

Research direction
Inspect the WebView navigation event handling in .NET MAUI to determine why back/forward navigation is incorrectly reported as NewPage. Trace the code path from the NavigationEvent property to see how navigation events are mapped.
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktopmobile
Issue type
Bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C#.NET MAUIWebView
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70