Navigation: activation property

{{APIRef("Navigation API")}}

The activation read-only property of the {{domxref("Navigation")}} interface returns a {{domxref("NavigationActivation")}} object containing information about the most recent cross-document navigation, which "activated" this Document. The property will stay constant during same-document navigations.

Value

A {{domxref("NavigationActivation")}} object, or null if current document is the initial about:blank document.

Examples

if (navigation.activation) {
  console.log(navigation.activation.entry.url);
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Modern client-side routing: the Navigation API
• Navigation API explainer