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NavigateEvent: destination property

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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The destination read-only property of the NavigateEvent interface returns a NavigationDestination object representing the destination being navigated to.

Value

Examples

js

navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
  // Exit early if this navigation shouldn't be intercepted,
  // e.g. if the navigation is cross-origin, or a download request
  if (shouldNotIntercept(event)) {
    return;
  }

  const url = new URL(event.destination.url);

  if (url.pathname.startsWith("/articles/")) {
    event.intercept({
      async handler() {
        // The URL has already changed, so show a placeholder while
        //fetching the new content, such as a spinner or loading page
        renderArticlePagePlaceholder();

        // Fetch the new content and display when ready
        const articleContent = await getArticleContent(url.pathname);
        renderArticlePage(articleContent);
      },
    });
  }
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
destination 102 102 No No No No 102 102 No 70 No 19.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigateEvent/destination