The pagehide
event is sent to a Window
when the browser hides the current page in the process of presenting a different page from the session's history. For example, when the user clicks the browser's Back button, the current page receives a pagehide
event before the previous page is shown.
Bubbles | No |
---|---|
Cancelable | No |
Interface | PageTransitionEvent |
Event handler property | onpagehide |
Examples
In this example, an event handler is established to watch for pagehide
events and to perform special handling if the page is being persisted for possible reuse.
window.addEventListener("pagehide", event => {
if (event.persisted) {
/* the page isn't being discarded, so it can be reused later */
}
}, false);
This can also be written using the onpagehide
event handler property on the Window
:
window.onpagehide = event => {
if (event.persisted) {
/* the page isn't being discarded, so it can be reused later */
}
}
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'pagehide' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial specification. |
HTML5 The definition of 'pagehide' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The
pageshow
event