Using Router Events To Detect Back And Forward Browser Navigation In Angular 7.0.4

Ben Nadel looks at the addition of the "navigationTrigger" and "restoredState" properties on the NavigationStart event emitted by the Router in Angular 6+. These properties allow us to differentiate navigation actions that were triggered imperatively by our application code; or, as a location-based change such as clicking the browser's Back and Forward buttons.