history.pushState does not trigger 'popstate' event

Question

Why

$(function () {
  $(window).bind(\'popstate\', function () {alert(\'pop\');});

  window.history.pushState(null, \'\', \'/foo\');
});

Answer 1

The paragraph you reference is a little ambiguous. Reading the example on the same page, it is clear that popstate is only triggered when the user clicks the back button, not when the script calls pushState().