It's the value for the page reference type. E.g., if you are navigating to a record page type, then your type
value will be standard__recordPage
.
A pageReference must be defined with a specific type. The type generates a unique URL format and provides attributes that apply to all pages of that type.
Below are the supported page types as listed in the documentation along with their type values.
- Lightning Component (type: standard__component)
- Knowledge Article (type: standard__knowledgeArticlePage)
- Named Page (type: standard__namedPage)
- Navigation Item Page (type: standard__navItemPage)
- Object Page (type: standard__objectPage)
- Record Page (type: standard__recordPage)
- Record Relationship Page (type: standard__recordRelationshipPage)