HTML onpageshow Event Attribute
Example
Execute a JavaScript when a user navigates to a webpage:
<body onpageshow="myFunction()">
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Definition and Usage
The onpageshow event occurs when a user navigates to a webpage.
The onpageshow event is similar to the onload event, except that it occurs after the onload event when the page first loads. Also, the onpageshow event occurs every time the page is loaded, whereas the onload event does not occur when the page is loaded from the cache.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the event attribute.
| Event Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| onpageshow | Yes | 11.0 | Yes | 5.0 | Yes |
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
None.
Syntax
<element onpageshow="script">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| script | The script to be run on onpageshow |
Technical Details
| Supported HTML tags: | <body> |
|---|
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: onpageshow event
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