Detect first page load with jQuery?

Question

I need to detect the first time a page loads in jQuery so that I can perform some actions only when the page loads the first time a user navigates to that page. Similar to serve

Answer 1

I just ran into this problem and this is how I handled it. Keep track of the first time the page loads by using a variable initialLoad:

var initialLoad = true;

$(document).ready(function() {
    ...
    ...
    ... 

    initialLoad = false;

});

Then in other functions, you can do this:

if (initialLoad) {
    //Do work that is done when the page was first refreshed/loaded.
} else {
    //Do work when it's not the initial load.
}

This works well for me. If the user is already on the page and some jQuery functions run, I now know if that user just loaded the page or if they were already on the page.