App shortcuts

Category: Capabilities (Fugu)
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 85)
Intent stage: Prepare to ship

Summary

Lets a web application register shortcuts for common tasks. These would typically be added to the app launcher icon (for a progressive web app) enabling the user to quickly run key tasks.

Motivation

Adding these to the web platform provides an equivalent capability to native apps on many platforms.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/appmanifest/#shortcuts-member
Firefox: No signal
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=955497

Docs: https://web.dev/app-shortcuts/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KhHWikx1z-604LIjDKEdnL9MyezJklxM8kEYNnMLIQs/view https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/04/29/windows-10-tip-see-your-top-sites-in-the-jump-list/

Explainers: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/master/Shortcuts/explainer.md#shortcuts-explainer

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