location: href property
The href
property of the Location
interface is a stringifier that returns a string containing the whole
URL, and allows the href to be updated.
Setting the value of href
navigates to the provided URL. If you
want redirection, use location.replace()
. The difference from setting the href
property value is that when using the location.replace()
method, after navigating to the given URL, the current page will not be saved in session history — meaning the user won't be able to use the back button to navigate to it.
Value
A string.
Examples
js
// Lets imagine an <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Location/href"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
const result = anchor.href; // Returns: 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Location/href'
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-location-href-dev |
Browser compatibility
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