Navigation: currentEntry property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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

The currentEntry read-only property of the Navigation interface returns a NavigationHistoryEntry object representing the location the user is currently navigated to right now.

Value

Examples

js
function initHomeBtn() {
  // Get the key of the first loaded entry
  // so the user can always go back to this view.
  const { key } = navigation.currentEntry;
  backToHomeButton.onclick = () => {
    navigation.traverseTo(key);
  };
}
// Intercept navigate events, such as link clicks, and
// replace them with single-page navigations
navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
  event.intercept({
    async handler() {
      // Navigate to a different view,
      // but the "home" button will always work.
    },
  });
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-navigation-currententry-dev

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
currentEntry
Experimental

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.

See also