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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Perform: Part 2

Steven Romano
Steven Romano
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Posted by Steven Romano
Steven Romano
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window.location what does it mean

I understand what the last line in the video ( window.location = $select.val(); ) does. What is the proper terms for them and is the window called something and the .location called something else. I'm asking because I don't want to sound like I don't know what I'm talking about when I say what they are.

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Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham
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Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham
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The Window is a javascript object and has attributes and methods associated with it. The location attribute describes the current location as indicated in the browser address bar. This may shed a little more light on the subject: Window.location

Edit: Dino Paškvan beat me to it.

Dino Paškvan
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Dino Paškvan
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Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

window is an object. In fact, when talking about JavaScript in the browser, it could be said that it's the object. window is a global object and all the variables declared inside the global scope are actually properties on that object.

location is a property on the global window object.

For more info, check the MDN documentation on Window and Window.location.