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Navigation: currententrychange event

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The currententrychange event of the Navigation interface is fired when the currentEntry has changed.

This event will fire for:

This event fires after the navigation is committed, meaning that the visible URL has changed and the NavigationHistoryEntry update has occurred. It is useful for migrating from usage of older API features like the hashchange or popstate events.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("currententrychange", (event) => { })

oncurrententrychange = (event) => { }

Event type

A NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent. Inherits from Event.

Examples

Navigation data reporting:

navigation.addEventListener("currententrychange", () => {
  const data = navigation.currentEntry.getState();
  submitAnalyticsData(data.analytics);
});

Setting up a per-entry event:

navigation.addEventListener("currententrychange", () => {
  navigation.currentEntry.addEventListener("dispose", genericDisposeHandler);
});

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also