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Service Worker: WindowClient.navigate()

Category

Service Worker

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 49)

Intent stage

None

Summary

The method can instruct a controlled window client to navigate to a different url.

Standards & signals

• Specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/#client-navigate-method
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/500911

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowClient/navigate

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/service-worker/windowclient-navigate/index.html

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