---
name: "up.Layer.prototype.location"
area: "API"
kind: "Property"
parent: "up.Layer class"
visibility: "experimental"
url: "https://unpoly.com/api/up.Layer.prototype.location"
---
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# up.Layer.prototype.location

**This feature is experimental**. Please [share](https://github.com/unpoly/unpoly/discussions) your experiences so we know what to keep or change.

This layer's location URL.

If the layer has [no visible history](https://unpoly.com/api/up.Layer.prototype.history.md), this property still returns the URL of the content in the overlay. In this case the browser's address bar will show the location of an ancestor layer.

When [`up.history.config.enabled`](https://unpoly.com/api/up.history.config.md#config.enabled) [turns off](https://unpoly.com/learn/updating-history.md#disabling) the `'location'` aspect, this property returns the URL of the rendered content, while the address bar keeps its URL.

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- [Learn: History in overlays](https://unpoly.com/learn/history-in-overlays.md)

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## Value {#value}

### location {#location}

The layer's current location.

Type: string