history.TransitionType
This describes how the browser navigated to a particular page. For example, "link" means that the browser navigated to the page because the user clicked a link.
Type
Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:
- "link"
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The user clicked a link in another page.
- "typed"
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The user typed the URL into the address bar. This is also used if the user started typing into the address bar, then selected a URL from the suggestions it offered. See also "generated".
- "auto_bookmark"
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The user clicked a bookmark or an item in the browser history.
- "auto_subframe"
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Any nested iframes that are automatically loaded by their parent.
- "manual_subframe"
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Any nested iframes that are loaded as an explicit user action. Loading such an iframe will generate an entry in the back/forward navigation list.
- "generated"
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The user started typing in the address bar, then clicked on a suggested entry that didn't contain a URL.
- "auto_toplevel"
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The page was passed to the command line or is the start page.
- "form_submit"
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The user submitted a form. Note that in some situations, such as when a form uses a script to submit its contents, submitting a form does not result in this transition type.
- "reload"
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The user reloaded the page, using the Reload button or by pressing Enter in the address bar. This is also used for session restore and reopening closed tabs.
- "keyword"
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The URL was generated using a keyword search configured by the user.
- "keyword_generated"
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Corresponds to a visit generated for a keyword.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.history
API. This documentation is derived from history.json
in the Chromium code.