webNavigation.TransitionQualifier

Extra information about a transition. Note that many values here are not currently supported in Firefox: see the browser compatibility table for details.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

"client_redirect"
Redirect(s) caused by JavaScript running in the page or a "refresh" pragma in the page's meta tag.
"server_redirect"
Redirect(s) caused by a 3XX HTTP status code sent from the server.
"forward_back"
The user used the forward or back button to trigger the navigation.
"from_address_bar"
The user triggered the navigation from the address bar.

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
TransitionQualifier
Yes
79
48
'server_redirect' is limited to top-level frames and 'client_redirect' is not supplied when redirections are created by JavaScript.
?
17
No
?
?
48
'server_redirect' is limited to top-level frames and 'client_redirect' is not supplied when redirections are created by JavaScript.
?
?
?
from_address_bar
Yes
79
No
?
17
No
?
?
No
?
?
?

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.webNavigation API. This documentation is derived from web_navigation.json in the Chromium code.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/webNavigation/TransitionQualifier