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User Activation v2

Category
User input
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 72)
Intent stage
None

Summary

User activation is the mechanism to maintain active-user-interaction state that limits use of "abusable" APIs (e.g. opening popups or vibrating). The web exposed behavior varies widely among major browsers. To unify the web, this feature defines a new user activation model that is simple enough for cross-browser implementation. The main changes introduced by this model are: (a) there is no concept of token passing, and (b) activation visibility changes from stack-scoped to frame-scoped.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://mustaqahmed.github.io/user-activation-v2/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1erpl1yqJlc1pH0QvVVmi1s3WzqQLsEXTLLh6VuYp228 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XL3vCedkqL65ueaGVD-kfB5RnnrnTaxLc7kmU91oerg

Samples: https://mustaqahmed.github.io/user-activation-v2/propagation/ https://mustaqahmed.github.io/user-activation-v2/api-consistency/setTimeout.html

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