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Add "window-management" as an alias for permission and permission policy "window-placement"

Category

Capabilities (Fugu)

Type

No developer-visible change

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 111)

Intent stage

Dev trials

Summary

Adds "window-management" as an alias for "window-placement" permission and permission-policy strings. This is part of a larger effort to rename the strings by eventually deprecating and removing "window-placement". The terminology change improves the longevity of the descriptor as the Window Management API evolves over time.

Motivation

The existing "Window Placement" terminology only describes one specific component of the API that allows web applications to place browser windows on target displays. It doesn't encompass the entire surface of the API described in the spec, nor will it adequately describe potential future additions to the API. https://github.com/w3c/window-placement/blob/main/EXPLAINER_spec_and_permission_rename.md

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/window-placement/#api-permission-api-integration
• Firefox: No signal — Firefox has not implemented the API and corresponding "window-placement" permission yet.
• Safari: No signal — Safari has not implemented the API and corresponding "window-placement" permission yet.
• Web developers: Positive — We have communicated internally with partners using the API who have expressed commitment to updating the permission strings in their code.
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1328581

Docs: https://github.com/w3c/window-placement/blob/main/EXPLAINER_spec_and_permission_rename.md

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