NavigationDestination: index 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 index read-only property of the NavigationDestination interface returns the index value of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry if the NavigateEvent.navigationType is traverse, or -1 otherwise.

Value

A number representing the index of the destination NavigationHistoryEntry, or -1.

Examples

js
navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
  console.log(event.destination.index);
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# the-navigationdestination-interface:dom-navigationdestination-index-2

Browser compatibility

See also