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Keyboard Lock

Category

User input

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 68)

Intent stage

None

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Incubation
• Web Platform Tests: No

Summary

While in fullscreen, this API allows apps to receive keys that are normally handled by the system or the browser like Cmd/Alt-Tab, or Esc. Users can escape keyboard lock (and fullscreen) by holding the Esc key for two seconds.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://w3c.github.io/keyboard-lock/
• Firefox: No signal
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=677559

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=keyboard-lock
• 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+Keyboard%20Lock
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=Keyboard%20Lock
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=Keyboard%20Lock

Docs: https://web.dev/keyboard-lock/

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