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Recovering navigation information from URLS |
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hash
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Specifies the anchor name beginning with a hashmark, #, in a URL,
e.g., location.hash.
The hash for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is #anchor.
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host
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Specifies a portion of the URL including the hostname and port,
e.g., location.host.
The host for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is www.myprovider.com:80.
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hostname
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Specifies the hostname in a URL,
e.g., location.hostname.
The host for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is www.myprovider.com.
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href
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Specifies the entire URL,
e.g., location.href.
The href for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor.
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pathname
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Specifies the path and file name from the URL,
e.g., location.pathname.
The pathname for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is /~myaccount/foo.html.
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port
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Specifies the URL's port,
e.g., location.port.
The port for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is 80.
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protocol
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Specifies the URL's protocol--the start of the URL up to the
first colon,
e.g., location.protocol.
The protocol for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html#anchor
is http. Other protocols include ftp,
file, news, and gopher.
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search
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Specifies the search string associated with the URL,
e.g., location.search.
The search for http://www.myprovider.com:80/~myaccount/foo.html?sstring
is sstring.
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Navigation history |
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go(anOffset) or
go(aString)
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Loads an old URL from the history list based either on an offset
(-3 means three documents ago) or a partial string ("foo" means
load the most recent document that contains the string "foo"
such as "http://www.myprovider.com/food-list/"),
e.g., history.go(-1) moves
one document back in the history list.
history.go(0)
reloads the current document.
history.go("xyz")
reloads the most recent document whose href contains the substring "xyz".
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back()
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Loads the previous document from the history list,
e.g., history.back().
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forward()
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Loads the next document from the history list,
e.g., history.forward().
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Navigation destination |
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target
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Specifies the window or frame name that will host a linked document,
e.g., mylink.target.
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Navigation events |
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onMouseOver
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Triggered when a mouse moves over a link or anchor.
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onClick
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Triggered when a mouse clicks on a link or anchor.
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Overview of Navigation in JavaScript