--- loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2015/06/04 13:02:22	1.647
+++ loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2016/01/28 19:37:42	1.648
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Printout
 #
-# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.647 2015/06/04 13:02:22 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.648 2016/01/28 19:37:42 damieng Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3438,13 +3438,16 @@ ENDPART
 	#}
     }
 
-    # Set URLback if this is a construction space print so we can provide
-    # a link to the resource being edited.
-    #
+    # Set URLback so we can provide a link back to the resource and to change options.
+    # (Since the browser back button does not currently work with https,
+    # the back link is useful even when there is an easy-to-miss LON-CAPA back button.)
 
     my $URLback=''; #link to original document
     if ($helper->{'VARS'}->{'construction'} eq '1') {
 	$URLback=$helper->{'VARS'}->{'filename'};
+    } elsif ($helper->{VARS}{'symb'}) {
+        my ($map, $id, $url) = &Apache::lonnet::decode_symb($helper->{VARS}{'symb'});
+        $URLback = &Apache::lonnet::clutter($url);
     }
     #
     # Final adjustment of the font size: