NavigationDestination

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 NavigationDestination interface of the Navigation API represents the destination being navigated to in the current navigation.

It is accessed via the NavigateEvent.destination property.

Instance properties

id Read only: Returns the id value of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry if the NavigateEvent.navigationType is traverse, or an empty string otherwise.
index Read only: Returns the index value of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry if the NavigateEvent.navigationType is traverse, or -1 otherwise.
key Read only: Returns the key value of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry if the NavigateEvent.navigationType is traverse, or an empty string otherwise.
sameDocument Read only: Returns true if the navigation is to the same document as the current Document value, or false otherwise.
url Read only: Returns the URL being navigated to.

Instance methods

getState(): Returns a clone of the available state associated with the destination NavigationHistoryEntry, or navigation operation (e.g., navigate()) as appropriate.

Examples

navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
  // Exit early if this navigation shouldn't be intercepted,
  // e.g. if the navigation is cross-origin, or a download request
  if (shouldNotIntercept(event)) {
    return;
  }

  // Returns a URL() object constructed from the
  // NavigationDestination.url value
  const url = new URL(event.destination.url);

  if (url.pathname.startsWith("/articles/")) {
    event.intercept({
      async handler() {
        // The URL has already changed, so show a placeholder while
        // fetching the new content, such as a spinner or loading page
        renderArticlePagePlaceholder();

        // Fetch the new content and display when ready
        const articleContent = await getArticleContent(url.pathname);
        renderArticlePage(articleContent);
      },
    });
  }
});