Location Prototype

Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the Location prototype chain.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	Location.prototype

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the Location Constructor object.

Attributes/Properties

Property	Description
hash	Sets or retrieves the subsection of the href property that follows the number sign (#).
host	Sets or retrieves the hostname and port number of the location or URL.
hostname	Sets or retrieves the host name part of the location or URL.
href	Sets or retrieves the entire URL as a string.
pathname	Sets or retrieves the file name or path specified by the object.
port	Sets or retrieves the port number associated with a URL.
protocol	Sets or retrieves the protocol portion of a URL.
search	Sets or retrieves the substring of the href property that follows the question mark.

Methods

Method	Description
assign	Loads a new HTML document.
reload	Reloads the current document.
replace	Replaces the current document by loading another document at the specified URL.

Remarks

This prototype does not derive from any objects.

For more information on this and other DOM Prototypes see Document Object Model Prototypes, Part 1: Introduction.

  Internet Explorer 9. In IE9 Standards mode, the getPrototypeOf method returns null for the Location constructor. (The location object does not inherit from the Location prototype in IE9 mode.)

Applies To

location

See Also

Document Object Model Prototypes, Part 1: Introduction, Document Object Model Prototypes, Part 2: Accessor (getter/setter) Support, About the W3C Document Object Model