HTML

Structure of content on the web

  • Web APIs

    Interfaces for building web applications

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  • HTTP Observatory

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  • Web APIs
  • caches
  • credentialless
  • devicePixelRatio
  • documentPictureInPicture
  • event
  • external
  • fence
  • fullScreen
  • innerWidth
  • launchQueue
  • locationbar
  • mozInnerScreenX
  • mozInnerScreenY
  • navigation
  • orientation
  • originAgentCluster
  • performance
  • screenLeft
  • scrollbars
  • scrollMaxX
  • scrollMaxY
  • sessionStorage
  • sharedStorage
  • status
  • trustedTypes
  • atob()
  • back()
  • blur()
  • captureEvents()
  • clearImmediate()
  • confirm()
  • dump()
  • find()
  • forward()
  • getDefaultComputedStyle()
  • getScreenDetails()
  • moveTo()
  • prompt()
  • queryLocalFonts()
  • releaseEvents()
  • requestFileSystem()
  • scroll()
  • scrollByLines()
  • scrollByPages()
  • setImmediate()
  • setResizable()
  • showDirectoryPicker()
  • showModalDialog()
  • showOpenFilePicker()
  • showSaveFilePicker()
  • sizeToContent()
  • webkitConvertPointFromNodeToPage()
  • webkitConvertPointFromPageToNode()
  • Events
    1. beforeprint
    2. cut
    3. error
    4. hashchange
    5. messageerror
    6. orientationchange
    7. pageswap
    8. resize
    9. scrollsnapchange
    10. scrollsnapchanging
    11. unload
    12. vrdisplayactivate
    13. vrdisplayconnect
    14. vrdisplaydeactivate
    15. vrdisplaydisconnect
    16. vrdisplaypresentchange
  • Inheritance
    1. History object, which provides an interface for manipulating the browser session history (pages visited in the tab or frame that the current page is loaded in).

      See History object.

    • Examples

    js
    history.back(); / equivalent to clicking back button
history.go(-1); / equivalent to history.back();

    Notes

    For top-level pages you can see the list of pages in the session history, accessible via the History object, in the browser's dropdowns next to the back and forward buttons.

    For security reasons the History object doesn't allow the non-privileged code to access the URLs of other pages in the session history, but it does allow it to navigate the session history.

    There is no way to clear the session history or to disable the back/forward navigation from unprivileged code. The closest available solution is the About

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    Portions of this content are ©1998–2025 by individual mozilla.org contributors. Content available under Manipulating the browser history for examples and details. In particular, that article explains security features of the URLs of other pages in the session history, but it does allow it to navigate the session history.

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    There is no way to clear the session history or to disable the back/forward navigation from unprivileged code. The closest available solution is the caches

  • crossOriginIsolated
  • document
  • fence\nExperimental\n
  • history
  • isSecureContext
  • location
  • mozInnerScreenY\nNon-standard\n
  • opener
  • outerHeight
  • personalbar
  • screenTop
  • scrollMaxX\nNon-standard\n
  • self
  • status\nDeprecated\n
  • trustedTypes
  • atob()
  • cancelAnimationFrame()
  • clearInterval()
  • createImageBitmap()
  • focus()
  • getScreenDetails()\nExperimental\n
  • moveTo()
  • prompt()
  • reportError()
  • resizeBy()
  • scrollByLines()\nNon-standard\n
  • setInterval()
  • showModalDialog()\nNon-standard\n\nDeprecated\n
  • stop()
  • afterprint
  • beforeunload
  • devicemotion
  • focus
  • languagechange
  • offline
  • pagereveal
  • popstate
  • scrollsnapchanging\nExperimental\n
  • vrdisplayactivate\nNon-standard\n\nDeprecated\n
  • vrdisplaypresentchange\nNon-standard\n\nDeprecated\n
  • Inheritance
    1. EventTarget
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