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PageTransitionEvent persisted Property

< Event Object

Example

Find out whether the page was cached by the browser:

function myFunction(event) {
    alert(event.persisted);
}
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Definition and Usage

The persisted property returns a Boolean value that indicates if the webpage is loaded directly from the server, or if the page is cached, when an onpageshow or onpagehide event occurs.

This property is read-only.


Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
persisted Yes 11.0 Yes 5.0 Yes

Syntax

event.persisted

Technical Details

Return Value: A Boolean, indicating whether the webpage is loading from a cache.

Possible values:

  • true - The page is cached by the browser
  • false - The page is NOT cached by the browser

Related Pages

HTML DOM reference: The onpageshow Event


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