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HTML DOM onpageshow Event

Last Updated : 15 Jun, 2023
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The DOM onpageshow event in HTML occurs upon navigating a webpage by the user. The onload event does not happen when the page is loaded from the cache and onpageshow event occurs every time the page is loaded otherwise both events are similar.

Supported Tags

  • <body>

Syntax: 

  • In HTML: 
<element onpageshow="myScript">
  • In JavaScript:  
object.onpageshow = function(){myScript};
  • In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:  
object.addEventListener("pageshow", myScript); 

Example: Using JavaScript 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM onpageshow Event
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 id="hID" style="color:green"></h1>
    <h2>HTML DOM onpageshow Event</h2>
   
    <script>
        document.getElementsByTagName(
            "BODY")[0].onpageshow = function () {
                GFGfun()
            };
        function GFGfun() {
            document.getElementById("hID").innerHTML =
                "GeeksforGeeks";
        };
    </script>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

Example: Using the addEventListener() method 

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM onpageshow Event
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 id="hID" style="color:green"></h1>
    <h2>HTML DOM onpageshow Event</h2>
   
    <script>
        window.addEventListener("pageshow", Geeks);
        function Geeks() {
            document.getElementById("hID").innerHTML =
                "GeeksforGeeks";
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM onpageshow Event are listed below: 

  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer 11.0
  • Firefox
  • Apple Safari 5.0
  • Opera


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