'noopener' link relation

The 'noreferrer' link relation currently governs both referrer policy for a navigation, as well as the 'opener' attribute of any newly created browsing context. The 'noopener' link relation gives devlopers the ability to control the latter without opting into the former.

Documentation

• https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#following-hyperlinks
• https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-open

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 49
• Chrome for Android release 49
• Android WebView release 49
• Opera release 36
• Opera for Android release 36

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Public support
• Edge: Public support
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owner

• mkwst@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14