[webkit-dev] Request for position: preferCurrentTab

Elad Alon eladalon at google.com
Thu Jun 10 11:50:37 PDT 2021


We could rename to preferCurrentBrowserDisplaySurface, referencing a browser
display-surface
<https://w3c.github.io/mediacapture-screen-share/#dfn-browser>, but I find
it to be a mouthful. But I'm open to suggestions.
Name notwithstanding, what is Apple's official, quotable position? :-)

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 12:44 AM Sam Weinig <weinig at apple.com> wrote:

> Hi Elad,
>
> Are there other existing uses of the term “tab” in other web exposed APIs?
> It feels a bit wrong to be wrong to be encoding that specific UI treatment
> into API.
>
> - Sam
>
> On Jun 9, 2021, at 4:20 AM, Elad Alon via webkit-dev <
> webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
>
> This is a request for WebKit's position on adding a dictionary member in
> MediaStreamConstraints called preferCurrentTab. If preferCurrentTab is set
> to true, the user agent will display the current tab as the most prominent
> option in the media-picker which getDisplayMedia invokes.
>
> Links:
>
>    - Explainer
>    <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Og-TUBJQ4SAgReBr7xrd7y-0ZwkjGJMCqBnzDv7_-vs/edit?usp=sharing>
>    - Spec <https://eladalon1983.github.io/prefer-current-tab/>
>    - ChromeStatus
>    <https://www.chromestatus.com/guide/edit/5045313003847680>
>
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