Contains information about the current URL.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the location object.

Attributes/Properties

Show: Attributes/Properties Methods Prototypes

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. Method Description assign Loads a new HTML document. reload Reloads the current page. replace Replaces the current document by loading another document at the specified URL. Object Description Location Constructor   Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the Location Constructor prototype chain.

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.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

Applies To

document, window, HTMLDocument Constructor, Window Constructor