NavigationActivation: navigationType property

Baseline 2026

Newly available

Since ⁨January 2026⁩, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The navigationType read-only property of the NavigationActivation interface contains a string indicating the type of navigation.

Value

A string representing the type of navigation the NavigationActivation relates to. Possible values are:

push: A new location was navigated to, causing a new entry to be pushed onto the history list.
reload: The NavigationActivation.entry was reloaded.
replace: The NavigationActivation.entry was replaced with a new history entry. This new entry will reuse the same key, but be assigned a different id.
traverse: The browser navigated from one existing history entry to another existing history entry.

Examples

window.addEventListener("pageswap", (event) => {
  // For example, the page was hidden, or the navigation is cross-document.
  if (!event.viewTransition) return;

  // Skip the view transition for back/forward navigations.
  if (event.activation.navigationType === "traverse") {
    event.viewTransition.skipTransition();
  }
});