NavigationDestination: url property

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The url read-only property of the NavigationDestination interface returns the URL being navigated to.

Value

A string.

Examples

Handling a navigation using intercept()

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

Specification
Unknown specification
# dom-navigationdestination-url

Browser compatibility

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See also