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Import Text (Text Modules)

Category

JavaScript

Type

Chromium catches up

Status

Proposed (Chrome Proposed)

Intent stage

None

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Working draft
• Web Platform Tests: Yes

WPT details: https://wpt.fyi/results/html/semantics/scripting-1/the-script-element/text-module?label=experimental&label=master&aligned

Summary

A TC39 proposal to add module `import … with { type: "text" }` statements to JavaScript. The import attribute loads text data as a string value.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://tc39.es/proposal-import-text
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: In development
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://issues.chromium.org/issues/494350643

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=html%2Fsemantics%2Fscripting-1%2Fthe-script-element%2Ftext-module
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+Import%20Text%20(Text%20Modules)
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Import%20Text%20(Text%20Modules)
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Import%20Text%20(Text%20Modules)

Explainers: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-import-text https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11933 https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-csp/pull/794

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