PerformanceNavigation

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The legacy PerformanceNavigation interface represents information about how the navigation to the current document was done.

Warning: This interface is deprecated in the Navigation Timing Level 2 specification. Please use the PerformanceNavigationTiming interface instead.

An object of this type can be obtained by calling the Performance.navigation read-only attribute.

Instance properties

The PerformanceNavigation interface doesn't inherit any properties.

PerformanceNavigation.type Read only

An unsigned short which indicates how the navigation to this page was done. Possible values are:

TYPE_NAVIGATE (0): The page was accessed by following a link, a bookmark, a form submission, or a script, or by typing the URL in the address bar.
TYPE_RELOAD (1): The page was accessed by clicking the Reload button or via the Location.reload() method.
TYPE_BACK_FORWARD (2): The page was accessed by navigating into the history.
TYPE_RESERVED (255): Any other way.

PerformanceNavigation.redirectCount Read only

An unsigned short representing the number of REDIRECTs done before reaching the page.

Instance methods

The Performance interface doesn't inherit any methods.

PerformanceNavigation.toJSON(): A serializer returning a JSON object representing the PerformanceNavigation object.

Specifications

Specification
Navigation Timing Level 2 # dom-performancenavigation

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
`PerformanceNavigation` Deprecated	Chrome – Full support Chrome 10 (Release date: 2011-03-08) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 7 (Release date: 2011-09-27) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 8 (Release date: 2014-10-16) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 7 (Release date: 2011-09-27) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support
`redirectCount` Deprecated	Chrome – Full support Chrome 10 (Release date: 2011-03-08) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 7 (Release date: 2011-09-27) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 8 (Release date: 2014-10-16) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 7 (Release date: 2011-09-27) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support
`toJSON` Deprecated	Chrome – Full support Chrome 56 (Release date: 2017-01-25) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 25 (Release date: 2013-10-29) footnote footnote Before Firefox 70, this property could return incorrect values. See bug 1459711.	Opera – Full support Opera 43 (Release date: 2017-02-07) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 14.1 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 25 (Release date: 2013-10-29) footnote footnote Before Firefox for Android 79, this property could return incorrect values. See bug 1459711.	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 6 (Release date: 2017-08-23) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 56 (Release date: 2017-02-01) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support
`type` Deprecated	Chrome – Full support Chrome 10 (Release date: 2011-03-08) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 7 (Release date: 2011-09-27) footnote footnote Before Firefox 70, this property could return incorrect values. See bug 1459711.	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 8 (Release date: 2014-10-16) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 7 (Release date: 2011-09-27) footnote footnote Before Firefox for Android 79, this property could return incorrect values. See bug 1459711.	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support
: Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
: See implementation notes.

PerformanceNavigation

Instance properties

Instance methods

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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