NavigationPreloadManager: disable() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2022.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The disable() method of the NavigationPreloadManager interface halts the automatic preloading of service-worker-managed resources previously started using enable()
It returns a promise that resolves with undefined.
The method may be called in the service worker's activate event handler (before the fetch event handler can be called).
Syntax
disable()
Parameters
None.
Return value
Exceptions
InvalidStateErrorDOMException-
There is no active worker associated with the registration to which this
NavigationPreloadManagerbelongs.
Examples
The code below shows how to disable preloading, after first using ServiceWorkerRegistration.navigationPreload to test that it is supported.
addEventListener("activate", (event) => {
event.waitUntil(
(async () => {
if (self.registration.navigationPreload) {
// Disable navigation preloads!
await self.registration.navigationPreload.disable();
}
})(),
);
});
Specifications
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- Full support
- Full support
See also
NavigationPreloadManager.enable()