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NavigationDestination: key property

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The key read-only property of the NavigationDestination interface returns the key value of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry if the NavigateEvent.navigationType is traverse, or null otherwise.

The key is a unique, UA-generated value that represents the history entry's slot in the history entries list, used to navigate to this place in the history via Navigation.traverseTo(). It will be reused by other entries that replace the entry in the list (i.e. if the NavigateEvent.navigationType is replace).

Value

A string representing the key of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry, or null.

Examples

js

navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
  console.log(event.destination.key);
});

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
key 102 102 No No 88 No 102 102 No 70 No 19.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigationDestination/key