The name
property of the PerformanceEntry
interface returns a value that further specifies the value returned by the PerformanceEntry.entryType
property. This property is read only.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
Syntax
var name = entry.name;
Return value
The return value depends on the subtype of the PerformanceEntry
object and the value of PerformanceEntry.entryType
, as shown by the table below.
Value | Subtype | entryType values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
URL |
PerformanceFrameTiming , PerformanceNavigationTiming |
frame , navigation |
The document's address. |
URL |
PerformanceResourceTiming |
resource |
The resolved URL of the requested resource. This value doesn't change even if the request is redirected. |
DOMString |
PerformanceMark |
mark |
The name used when the mark was created by calling performance.mark() . |
DOMString |
PerformanceMeasure |
measure |
name used when the measure was created by calling performance.measure() . |
DOMString |
PerformancePaintTiming |
paint |
Either 'first-paint' or 'first-contentful-paint' . |
Example
The following example shows the use of the name
property.
function run_PerformanceEntry() { log("PerformanceEntry support ..."); if (performance.mark === undefined) { log("... performance.mark Not supported"); return; } // Create some performance entries via the mark() method performance.mark("Begin"); do_work(50000); performance.mark("End"); // Use getEntries() to iterate through the each entry var p = performance.getEntries(); for (var i=0; i < p.length; i++) { log("Entry[" + i + "]"); check_PerformanceEntry(p[i]); } } function check_PerformanceEntry(obj) { var properties = ["name", "entryType", "startTime", "duration"]; var methods = ["toJSON"]; for (var i=0; i < properties.length; i++) { // check each property var supported = properties[i] in obj; if (supported) log("..." + properties[i] + " = " + obj[properties[i]]); else log("..." + properties[i] + " = Not supported"); } for (var i=0; i < methods.length; i++) { // check each method var supported = typeof obj[methods[i]] == "function"; if (supported) { var js = obj[methods[i]](); log("..." + methods[i] + "() = " + JSON.stringify(js)); } else { log("..." + methods[i] + " = Not supported"); } } }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Performance Timeline Level 2 The definition of 'name' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | |
Performance Timeline The definition of 'name' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
name | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 11 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 25 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support 11 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support