Navigation: currentEntry property

Baseline 2026
Newly available

Since January 2026, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The currentEntry read-only property of the Navigation interface returns a NavigationHistoryEntry object representing the location the user is currently navigated to right now.

Value

A NavigationHistoryEntry object.

Examples

js
function initHomeBtn() {
  // Get the key of the first loaded entry
  // so the user can always go back to this view.
  const { key } = navigation.currentEntry;
  backToHomeButton.onclick = () => {
    navigation.traverseTo(key);
  };
}
// Intercept navigate events, such as link clicks, and
// replace them with single-page navigations
navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
  event.intercept({
    async handler() {
      // Navigate to a different view,
      // but the "home" button will always work.
    },
  });
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-navigation-currententry-dev

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
currentEntry
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 102 (Release date: 2022-05-24)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 102 (Release date: 2022-05-31)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 147 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 88 (Release date: 2022-06-08)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 102 (Release date: 2022-05-24)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 147 (Release date: 2026-01-13)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 70 (Release date: 2022-06-29)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 19 (Release date: 2022-11-01)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 102 (Release date: 2022-05-24)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 26.2 (Release date: 2025-12-12)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also