HashChangeEvent
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HashChangeEvent interface represents events that fire when the fragment identifier of the URL has changed.
The fragment identifier is the part of the URL that follows (and includes) the # symbol.
Constructor
HashChangeEvent()-
Creates a new
HashChangeEventobject.
Instance properties
This interface also inherits the properties of its parent, Event.
HashChangeEvent.newURLRead only-
The new URL to which the window is navigating.
HashChangeEvent.oldURLRead only-
The previous URL from which the window was navigated.
Instance methods
This interface has no methods of its own, but inherits the methods of its parent, Event.
Examples
Basic example
js
function locationHashChanged() {
if (location.hash === "#some-cool-feature") {
someCoolFeature();
}
}
window.addEventListener("hashchange", locationHashChanged);
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HashChangeEvent() constructor
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