Contains information about the current URL.
Members Table
The following table lists the members exposed by the
location
object.
Show:
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| Property | Description |
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| hash |
Sets or retrieves the subsection of the href property that follows the number sign (#). | | host |
Sets or retrieves the hostname and port number of the location or URL. | | hostname |
Sets or retrieves the host name part of the location or URL. | | href |
Sets or retrieves the entire URL as a string. | | pathname |
Sets or retrieves the file name or path specified by the object. | | port |
Sets or retrieves the port number associated with a URL. | | protocol |
Sets or retrieves the protocol portion of a URL. | | search |
Sets or retrieves the substring of the href property that follows the question mark. |
| Method | Description |
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| assign |
Loads a new HTML document. | | reload |
Reloads the current page. | | replace |
Replaces the current document by loading another document at the specified URL. |
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Remarks
The href property contains the entire URL, while the other properties contain portions of the URL. The default property for the location object is location.href. For example, setting location='http://microsoft.com' is equivalent to setting location.href='http://microsoft.com'.
The browser immediately navigates to the specified URL when any of the properties listed below are set.
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this object.
Applies To