1586160 - [meta] Support Web Share API and Web Share Target in devtools

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: General, task)

Description

[Marcos Caceres [:marcosc]]

As part of prototyping with the Web Share API and Web Share Target, we would like to see if there is anything we could add to Firefox's devtools to make the experience better for developers.

Comment 1

[Philip Jägenstedt [:foolip]]

I'm looking for a bug about Web Share API https://w3c.github.io/web-share/ but this is the only one I can find. Is Web Share API being implemented as well, and should there be a meta bug for it?

Comment 2

[Philip Jägenstedt [:foolip]]

I've found bug 1312422 now but it's closed. I can't quite tell if this is on its way to stable or not :)

Comment 3

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

Thanks for the report Marcos!

• I am moving this to General component since it isn't clear what panel (or multiple panels) in DevTools will support this feature.
• I am turning this into meta so we can track the work

Some resources:

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/10/navigator-share
• https://github.com/WICG/web-share/blob/master/docs/interface.md
• https://web.dev/web-share/

Marcos, the feature isn't available in Nightly (at least navigator.share is undefined for me), is there any chance to test it? (e.g. flip a pref?)

Honza

Comment 4

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

Looking at bug 1586158, it looks like the Application panel could use that info and show list of share targets.

Honza

Comment 5

[Marcos Caceres [:marcosc]]

Hi Philip!

(In reply to Philip Jägenstedt [:foolip] from comment #2)

I've found bug 1312422 now but it's closed. I can't quite tell if this is on its way to stable or not :)

Not yet, unfortunately - and I'm not sure when we will see it in a product: the DOM implementation only covers the DOM API - but doesn't include OS integration.

Having said that, we do have some OS integration on the way:

• Android - bug 1402369 - landed, but not shipped yet AFAIK. This will probably be the first platform where we will support it.
• Windows 10 - bug 1573029 - landed, but requires special Windows 10 API that's still in Windows preview builds.
• Mac OS, Linux - no work planned yet.

I imagine that eventually and "intent to ship" will be announced on dev-platform when it gets pref'ed on on one of the above platforms.

Comment 6

[Marcos Caceres [:marcosc]]

(In reply to Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me) from comment #3)

Marcos, the feature isn't available in Nightly (at least navigator.share is undefined for me), is there any chance to test it? (e.g. flip a pref?)

In about:config, toggle dom.webshare.enabled ... that will only enable the DOM API, however.

You may be able to play with it on Windows (but may require one of the preview builds), but :saschanaz will need to provide some instructions.

Comment 7

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

You may be able to play with it on Windows (but may require one of the preview builds), but :saschanaz will need to provide some instructions.

You need to install Windows Insider build slow/fast ring to get the API enabled, just as how Nightly enables an experimental feature. AFAIK the specific API form we using is stable and simple enough, though.

Comment 8

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

Okay, an update: The Windows API is available on build 19041.207 which will be GA in May 2020. I'm currently waiting for documentation update and will turn on the flag by default on Nightly after GA.

Comment 9

[Marcos Caceres [:marcosc]]

(In reply to Kagami :saschanaz from comment #8)

Okay, an update: The Windows API is available on build 19041.207 which will be GA in May 2020. I'm currently waiting for documentation update and will turn on the flag by default on Nightly after GA.

Sounds great. Please be sure to send out and "Intent to Ship" when you do.

Comment 10

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The meta keyword is there, the bug doesn't depend on other bugs and there is no activity for 12 months.
:Honza, maybe it's time to close this bug?

Comment 11

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

I think this is just reversed?