NavigateEvent: sourceElement property
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The sourceElement read-only property of the
NavigateEvent interface returns an Element object representing the initiating element, in cases where the navigation was initiated by an element.
The initiating element can be:
- An HTML
<a>element (or SVG<a>element). - An
<area>element. - A submit button (
<input type="submit">or<button type="submit">). - A submitted
<form>element.
Value
An Element object representing the element that iniated the navigation, or null if the navigation was not initiated by an element.
Examples
js
navigation.addEventListener("navigate", (event) => {
console.log(event.sourceElement);
});
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-navigateevent-sourceelement |