hx-replace-url ~ htmx

The hx-replace-url attribute allows you to replace the current url of the browser location history.

This overwrites the current history entry rather than adding one. Core htmx restores the page by fetching its URL again. Use the hx-history-cache extension to restore saved DOM snapshots instead.

Syntax


<div hx-get="/account" hx-replace-url="true">Go to My Account</div>

The possible values of this attribute are:

true, which replaces the fetched URL in the browser navigation bar.
false, which disables replacing the fetched URL if it would otherwise be replaced due to inheritance.
A URL to be replaced into the location bar. This may be relative or absolute, as per history.replaceState().

Here is an example:


<div hx-get="/account" hx-replace-url="true">
  Go to My Account
</div>

This replaces the current history entry with /account in the browser location bar.

Another example:


<div hx-get="/account" hx-replace-url="/account/home">
  Go to My Account
</div>

This replaces the current history entry with /account/home in the browser location bar.

Notes

The HX-Replace-Url response header has similar behavior and can override this attribute.
The hx-push-url attribute is a similar and more commonly used attribute, which creates a new history entry rather than replacing the current one.