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WindowClient: navigate() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2022.

Note: This feature is only available in Service Workers.

The navigate() method of the WindowClient interface loads a specified URL into a controlled client page then returns a Promise that resolves to the existing WindowClient.

Syntax

js
navigate(url)

Parameters

url

The location to navigate to.

Return value

A Promise that resolves to the existing WindowClient if the URL is from the same origin as the service worker, or null otherwise.

Specifications

Specification
Service Workers Nightly
# client-navigate

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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Chrome – Full support
Chrome 49 (Release date: 2016-03-02)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Partial support
Safari 11.1 – 15.6 (Release date: 2018-04-12)
footnote Partial support
footnote This method exists, but always throws NotSupportedError.
Safari – Full support
Safari 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 49 (Release date: 2016-03-09)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 50 (Release date: 2016-11-15)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Partial support
Safari on iOS 11.3 – 15.6 (Release date: 2018-03-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote This method exists, but always throws NotSupportedError.
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 4 (Release date: 2016-03-11)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 42 (Release date: 2015-04-15)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

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