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Proposed spec changes for activation delegation through postMessage() calls.

This PR is based on UAv2 changes in #3851.

Fixes #4364

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Added a new section on User Activation v2.
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Replaced most of Section 6.3 with the new user activation model, preserved only
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mounirlamouri commented Mar 1, 2019

Why not having something directly on the Window like transferUserActivation() or whatever name makes sense here? If we go forward with the model of non-scoped user activations, it doesn't seem required to have them associated with postMessage() and it would allow for a more flexible API.

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annevk commented Mar 7, 2019

@mounirlamouri does it need to work cross-origin? Is this something we might want to use eventually to grant capabilities in workers?

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mustaqahmed commented Mar 7, 2019

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  • Yes, we need cross-origin support for sure. The Chrome use case we are planning to fix through this API is for activating a cross-origin child frame.
  • The workers question is tricky: any of the two APIs we are discussing here (window.postMessage() or window.transferUserActivation()) could be extended to include workers in future. However, while working on UAv2 I have never found a convincing example where a worker should expect user activation. This is debatable though, perhaps we can discuss it through a separate issue.

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annevk commented Mar 7, 2019

In that case I'm strongly opposed to a new method on Window that needs to be reachable across origins through WindowProxy. postMessage() seems vastly preferable.

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mustaqahmed commented Apr 21, 2021

Motivated by the feedback from TAG and a new use-case we want to support, we have switched our focus to an alternate proposal: Capability Delegation.

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User Activation: ability to transfer activation to another frame

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