Should I use window.navigate or [removed] in JavaScript?

Question

What\'s the preferred method to use to change the location of the current web page using JavaScript? I\'ve seen both window.navigate and document.location used. Are there an

Answer 1

window.location will affect to your browser target. document.location will only affect to your browser and frame/iframe.

Answer 2

I'd go with window.location = "http://...";. I've been coding cross-browser JavaScript for a few years, and I've never experienced problems using this approach.

window.navigate and window.location.href seems a bit odd to me.

Answer 3

support for document.location is also good though its a deprecated method. I've been using this method for a while with no problems. you can refer here for more details:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.location

Answer 4

document.location is a (deprecated but still present) read-only string property, replaced by document.url.

Answer 5

window.location.href = 'URL';

is the standard implementation for changing the current window's location.

Answer 6

window.navigate is NOT supported in some browsers, so that one should be avoided. Any of the other methods using the location property are the most reliable and consistent approach