Web Share Target

Web Share Target allows websites to receive shared data (text, URLs, images) and register to be choosable by the user as targets from sharing contexts, including (but not limited to) Web Share.

Demos

• https://web-share.glitch.me/
• https://wicg.github.io/web-share-target/demos/sharetarget.html

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/12/web-share-target
• https://github.com/WICG/web-share-target/blob/master/docs/explainer.md

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>WebShare

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for Android release 71

Consensus & Standardization

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

Owners

• ericwilligers@chromium.org
• mgiuca@chromium.org
• benwells@chromium.org

Last updated on 2018-12-17