PageTransitionEvent

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The PageTransitionEvent event object is available inside handler functions for the pageshow and pagehide events, fired when a document is being loaded or unloaded.

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Constructor

• {{domxref("PageTransitionEvent.PageTransitionEvent", "PageTransitionEvent()")}}
  • : Creates a new PageTransitionEvent object.

Instance properties

This interface also inherits properties from its parent, {{domxref("Event")}}.

• {{domxref("PageTransitionEvent.persisted")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : Indicates if the document is loading from a cache.

Example

window.addEventListener("pageshow", (event) => {
  if (event.persisted) {
    alert("The page was cached by the browser");
  } else {
    alert("The page was NOT cached by the browser");
  }
});

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• pageshow event
• pagehide event