PerformanceNavigation

Deprecated

This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

Warning

This interface is deprecated in the Navigation Timing Level 2 specification. Please use the PerformanceNavigationTiming interface instead.

The legacy PerformanceNavigation interface represents information about how the navigation to the current document was done.

An object of this type can be obtained by calling the Performance.navigation read-only attribute.

Properties

The PerformanceNavigation interface doesn't inherit any properties.

PerformanceNavigation.type Read only

An unsigned short which indicates how the navigation to this page was done. Possible values are:

TYPE_NAVIGATE (0): The page was accessed by following a link, a bookmark, a form submission, or a script, or by typing the URL in the address bar.
TYPE_RELOAD (1): The page was accessed by clicking the Reload button or via the Location.reload() method.
TYPE_BACK_FORWARD (2): The page was accessed by navigating into the history.
TYPE_RESERVED (255): Any other way.

PerformanceNavigation.redirectCount Read only

An unsigned short representing the number of REDIRECTs done before reaching the page.

Methods

The Performance interface doesn't inherit any methods.

PerformanceNavigation.toJSON(): Is a jsonizer returning a json object representing the PerformanceNavigation object.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Navigation Timing The definition of 'PerformanceNavigation' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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