How to detect that the document URL has changed, using javascript and JQuery?

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I'm implementing a browser plugin.
I want to detect the event for document url changed to another url other than the current.
Something like this [BTW, that's pseudo code]:

$(window).bind('documenturlchange', function() {
    alert("page document url has been changed");
});

How to achieve this functionality ?

BTW, hashchange only detects "hash parts" changed in url, but it doesn't detect a whole link change (maybe to another domain for example)

i think this can help you stackoverflow.com/questions/2161906/… — Mohamed AbdElRazek
– Mohamed AbdElRazek, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 12:14
Could you elaborate on what you're trying to do? Maybe there's a better way. — Sahil Muthoo
– Sahil Muthoo, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 12:15
hashchange only detect hash changes, i want to detect a full url change (maybe to another domain for example) — Ashraf Bashir
– Ashraf Bashir, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 12:16
i don't its possible to detect the url change in tabs moreover its a security/privacy threat to detect/get/store the user's browsing activity, you can only access the URL of the current tab by using methods to get query string !! — Vignesh Subramanian
– Vignesh Subramanian, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 12:17

jjk_charles · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24 12:30:16Z

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You can make use of the window DOM objects hashchange event to detect for change in URLs. For instance, lets say the current URL is http://yourhost.com and the new url is http://yourhost.com#changed, in this case onhashchange event will be triggered.

Reference: HashChange

answered Mar 24, 2013 at 12:30

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Ashraf Bashir Over a year ago

hashchange only detects "hash parts" changed in url, but it doesn't detect a whole link change (maybe to another domain for example). for example if current url is www.google.com and I moved to www.yahoo.com, this event will not be triggered

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