PopStateEvent

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.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

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PopStateEvent is an interface for the popstate event.

A popstate event is dispatched to the window every time the active history entry changes between two history entries for the same document. If the history entry being activated was created by a call to history.pushState() or was affected by a call to history.replaceState(), the popstate event's state property contains a copy of the history entry's state object.

Constructor

PopStateEvent(): Creates a new PopStateEvent object.

Instance properties

This interface also inherits the properties of its parent, Event.

PopStateEvent.state Read only: Returns a copy of the information that was provided to pushState() or replaceState().
hasUAVisualTransition Read only: Returns true if the user agent performed a visual transition for this navigation before dispatching this event, or false otherwise.

Instance methods

This interface has no methods of its own, but inherits the methods of its parent, Event.

Specifications

Specification
HTML # the-popstateevent-interface

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
`PopStateEvent`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 4 (Release date: 2010-01-25) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 4 (Release date: 2011-03-22) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25) 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 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) 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 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support
`PopStateEvent()` constructor	Chrome – Full support Chrome 16 (Release date: 2011-12-13) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 14 (Release date: 2016-08-02) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 11 (Release date: 2012-03-13) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25) 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 14 (Release date: 2012-06-26) 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 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) 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 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support
`hasUAVisualTransition`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 118 (Release date: 2023-10-10) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 118 (Release date: 2023-10-13) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 149 (Release date: 2026-03-24) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 104 (Release date: 2023-10-23) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 118 (Release date: 2023-10-10) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 149 (Release date: 2026-03-24) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 79 (Release date: 2023-12-06) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 25 (Release date: 2024-04-24) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 118 (Release date: 2023-10-10) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16) footnote Full support
`state`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 4 (Release date: 2010-01-25) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 4 (Release date: 2011-03-22) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25) 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 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) 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 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support

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