Is javascript window.location crossbrowser?

Question

Is javascript code window.location functional in all new and old STANDARD POPULAR browsers?

That's a good point and I didn't wrote my question right, I meant all STANDARD POPULAR Browsers, which they aren't too many. — EBAG, Apr 10 '11 at 23:04
@EBAG: try putting asterisks on both ends of a word you want to stress and *this* is the result. CAPS ARE CONSIDERED YELLING — qwertymk, Apr 11 '11 at 00:55

score 58 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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window.location, which shares the same structure as document.location should be identical between modern browsers for the following properties:

Known Differences:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

Community

answered Jan 27 '13 at 04:51

Purrell

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related: window.location.origin is missing in ie10 for windows phone, was added to ie11 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn736066(v=vs.85).aspx – folktrash Nov 07 '14 at 21:39
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window.location.origin polyfill: if (!window.location.origin) { window.location.origin = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.hostname + (window.location.port ? ':' + window.location.port: ''); } – nktssh Jan 23 '15 at 12:33
Tx for the "location.origin". In fact IE gets all bezerk! ;-) – Pedro Ferreira Feb 16 '18 at 16:24
Not true for pathname. – Knu Sep 04 '20 at 18:20

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 10 '11 at 22:58

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I can't say 'all old browsers' since it may not work in Netscape Navigator 0.9 but yeah this is in the standard and is very widely supported.

answered Apr 10 '11 at 22:58

Jim Blackler

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Indeed. JavaScript was first supported in [Netscape 2.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator#The_rise_of_Netscape). – Pekka Apr 10 '11 at 22:59

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '11 at 23:13

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window.location works in all major browsers

answered Apr 10 '11 at 23:13

Fatih Acet

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