The Location
interface represents the location (URL) of the object it is linked to. Changes done on it are reflected on the object it relates to. Both the Document
and Window
interface have such a linked Location
, accessible via Document.location
and Window.location
respectively.
Anatomy Of Location
HTML
<span id="href" title="href"><span id="protocol" title="protocol">http:</span>//<span id="host" title="host"><span id="hostname" title="hostname">example.org</span>:<span id="port" title="port">8888</span></span><span id="pathname" title="pathname">/foo/bar</span><span id="search" title="search">?q=baz</span><span id="hash" title="hash">#bang</span></span>
CSS
html, body {height:100%;} html {display:table; width:100%;} body {display:table-cell; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; font-family:georgia; font-size:230%; line-height:1em; white-space:nowrap;} [title] {position:relative; display:inline-block; box-sizing:border-box; /*border-bottom:.5em solid;*/ line-height:2em; cursor:pointer;} [title]:before {content:attr(title); font-family:monospace; position:absolute; top:100%; width:100%; left:50%; margin-left:-50%; font-size:40%; line-height:1.5; background:black;} [title]:hover:before, :target:before {background:black; color:yellow;} [title] [title]:before {margin-top:1.5em;} [title] [title] [title]:before {margin-top:3em;} [title]:hover, :target {position:relative; z-index:1; outline:50em solid rgba(255,255,255,.8);}
JavaScript
[].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('[title][id]'), function (node) { node.addEventListener("click", function(e) { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); window.location.hash = '#' + $(this).attr('id'); }); }); [].forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('[title]'), function (node) { node.addEventListener("click", function(e) { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); window.location.hash = ''; }); });
Result
Properties
Location.ancestorOrigins
- Is a static
DOMStringList
containing, in reverse order, the origins of all ancestor browsing contexts of the document associated with the givenLocation
object. Location.href
- Is a stringifier that returns a
USVString
containing the entire URL. If changed, the associated document navigates to the new page. It can be set from a different origin than the associated document. Location.protocol
- Is a
USVString
containing the protocol scheme of the URL, including the final':'
. Location.host
- Is a
USVString
containing the host, that is the hostname, a':'
, and the port of the URL. Location.hostname
- Is a
USVString
containing the domain of the URL. Location.port
- Is a
USVString
containing the port number of the URL. Location.pathname
- Is a
USVString
containing an initial'/'
followed by the path of the URL. Location.search
- Is a
USVString
containing a'?'
followed by the parameters or "querystring" of the URL. Modern browsers provide URLSearchParams and URL.searchParams to make it easy to parse out the parameters from the querystring. Location.hash
- Is a
USVString
containing a'#'
followed by the fragment identifier of the URL. Location.origin
Read only- Returns a
USVString
containing the canonical form of the origin of the specific location.
Methods
Location.assign()
- Loads the resource at the URL provided in parameter.
Location.reload()
- Reloads the current URL, like the Refresh button.
Location.replace()
- Replaces the current resource with the one at the provided URL (redirects to the provided URL). The difference from the
assign()
method and setting thehref
property is that after usingreplace()
the current page will not be saved in sessionHistory
, meaning the user won't be able to use the back button to navigate to it. Location.toString()
- Returns a
USVString
containing the whole URL. It is a synonym forHTMLHyperlinkElementUtils.href
, though it can't be used to modify the value.
Examples
// Create anchor element and use href property for the purpose of this example // A more correct alternative is to browse to the URL and use document.location or window.location var url = document.createElement('a'); url.href = 'https://developer.mozilla.org:8080/search?q=URL#search-results-close-container'; console.log(url.href); // https://developer.mozilla.org:8080/search?q=URL#search-results-close-container console.log(url.protocol); // https: console.log(url.host); // developer.mozilla.org:8080 console.log(url.hostname); // developer.mozilla.org console.log(url.port); // 8080 console.log(url.pathname); // /search console.log(url.search); // ?q=URL console.log(url.hash); // #search-results-close-container console.log(url.origin); // https://developer.mozilla.org:8080
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'Location' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 3 | Opera Full support 3 | Safari Full support 1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
ancestorOrigins | Chrome Full support 20 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android Full support 4.4 | Chrome Android Full support 25 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS Full support 6 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5 |
assign | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 5.5 | Opera Full support 3 | Safari Full support 3 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
hash | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
host | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
hostname | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
href | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
origin | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox
Full support
26
| IE
Full support
11
| Opera Full support 10 | Safari
Full support
Yes
| WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
26
| Opera Android ? | Safari iOS Full support 5 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
password | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support 26 — 45 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support 26 — 45 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
pathname | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox
Full support
22
| IE
Full support
Yes
| Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
22
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
port | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
protocol | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
reload | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge
Full support
12
| Firefox Full support 1 | IE
Full support
5.5
| Opera Full support 3 | Safari Full support 1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
replace | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 5.5 | Opera Full support 3 | Safari Full support 1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
search | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox
Full support
22
| IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
22
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
toString | Chrome Full support 52 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE
Full support
11
| Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support 52 | Chrome Android Full support 52 | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
username | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support 26 — 45 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support 26 — 45 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
See also
- Two methods creating such an object:
Window.location
andDocument.location
. - URL related interfaces:
URL
,URLSearchParams
andHTMLHyperlinkElementUtils