mozbrowserlocationchange

Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The mozbrowserlocationchange event is fired when a browser <iframe>'s location changes — it is fired every time navigation occurs.

General info

Specification
Non standard
Interface
CustomEvent
Bubbles
Yes
Cancelable
Yes
Target
<iframe>
Default Action
None

Properties

Property Type Description
target Read only EventTarget The browser iframe
type Read only DOMString The type of event.
bubbles Read only Boolean Whether the event normally bubbles or not.
cancelable Read only Boolean Whether the event is cancellable or not.
details Read only Object A custom object.

detail

The detail property returns an anonymous JavaScript object with the following properties:

url
A DOMString representing the URL of the new location.
canGoBack
A Boolean that defines whether it's possible to go back in the navigation history (true) or not (false).
canGoForward
A Boolean that defines whether it's possible to go forward in the navigation history (true) or not (false).

Example

This example updates the URL bar so that it will always display the correct URL for the current location.

var browser = document.querySelector("iframe");

browser.addEventListener('mozbrowserlocationchange', function (event) {
  urlBar.value = event.detail.url;
});

See also