name: Navigation API
description: The `navigation` API initiates, intercepts, or modifies browser navigation actions. Not to be confused with the `navigator` API.
spec: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/nav-history-apis.html#navigation-api
status:
  compute_from: api.Navigation
compat_features:
  - api.NavigateEvent
  - api.NavigateEvent.NavigateEvent
  - api.NavigateEvent.canIntercept
  - api.NavigateEvent.destination
  - api.NavigateEvent.downloadRequest
  - api.NavigateEvent.formData
  - api.NavigateEvent.hasUAVisualTransition
  - api.NavigateEvent.hashChange
  - api.NavigateEvent.info
  - api.NavigateEvent.intercept
  - api.NavigateEvent.navigationType
  - api.NavigateEvent.scroll
  - api.NavigateEvent.signal
  - api.NavigateEvent.userInitiated
  - api.Navigation
  - api.Navigation.activation
  - api.Navigation.back
  - api.Navigation.canGoBack
  - api.Navigation.canGoForward
  - api.Navigation.currentEntry
  - api.Navigation.currententrychange_event
  - api.Navigation.entries
  - api.Navigation.forward
  - api.Navigation.navigate
  - api.Navigation.navigate_event
  - api.Navigation.navigateerror_event
  - api.Navigation.navigatesuccess_event
  - api.Navigation.reload
  - api.Navigation.transition
  - api.Navigation.traverseTo
  - api.Navigation.updateCurrentEntry
  - api.NavigationActivation
  - api.NavigationActivation.entry
  - api.NavigationActivation.from
  - api.NavigationActivation.navigationType
  - api.NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent
  - api.NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent.NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent
  - api.NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent.from
  - api.NavigationCurrentEntryChangeEvent.navigationType
  - api.NavigationDestination
  - api.NavigationDestination.getState
  - api.NavigationDestination.id
  - api.NavigationDestination.index
  - api.NavigationDestination.key
  - api.NavigationDestination.sameDocument
  - api.NavigationDestination.url
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.dispose_event
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.getState
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.id
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.index
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.key
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.sameDocument
  - api.NavigationHistoryEntry.url
  - api.NavigationTransition
  - api.NavigationTransition.finished
  - api.NavigationTransition.from
  - api.NavigationTransition.navigationType
  - api.Window.navigation