I'm having trouble with JavaScript on a webpage. Can you tell me how to get the current URL when the user clicks anywhere on the page?
I'm having trouble with JavaScript on a webpage. Can you tell me how to get the current URL when the user clicks anywhere on the page?
user
Sure! I think I can help. Here’s how I’d do it.  First I’d grab a reference to the window object that refers to the actual browser window, using something like the JavaScript API:
assistant
Sorry, but that doesn't work. It just refreshes the current page on element click. I'm trying to get the current URL and display it on the console log.
user
Are you trying to write code to automatically get the current URL, and log it to the console?   I'm confused about what you’re trying to do, because it sounds like you’re actually looking for a way to reload the current page.  If you’re trying to get the URL of the current page, you can just grab that using window.location.href.
assistant
Yes, but only when I click on a specific element, not when the page loads.
user
Sorry, I’m not following you, can you explain in more detail?
assistant
So I have a button element, and what I want is that if the user clicks on that button the current URL of the page is outputted to the console log.
user
It sounds like you're trying to test out some code to detect whenever the user clicks on a specific element, but you don't know how to do that.  I can try to show you a way to test for click events in JavaScript, and then that might be helpful for you to figure out how to get the current URL on click.  I'll grab a reference to the window object in JavaScript, and then I'll write some code that will run on any click event, like this:
assistant
Unfortunately not. Just so you know, I figured it out myself. Here's my code:
user