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NavigationDestination

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The NavigationDestination interface of the Navigation API represents the destination being navigated to in the current navigation.

It is accessed via the destination property.

Instance properties

Instance methods

Examples

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;
  }

  // Returns a URL() object constructed from the
  // NavigationDestination.url value
  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

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

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See also