location object
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Contains information about the current URL.
Standards information
There are no standards that apply here.
Remarks
The href property contains the entire URL, while the other properties contain portions of the URL. The default property for the location object is location.href. For example, setting location='http://microsoft.com' is equivalent to setting location.href='http://microsoft.com'.
The browser immediately navigates to the specified URL when any of the properties listed are set.
Build date: 2/14/2012