*Contact emails* [email protected] *Summary* We are removing support for _current as a special browsing context target keyword. Previously, Chromium treated "_current" as an alias for "_self" (navigating the current browsing context), in our implementation of the frame targeting algorithm <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#the-rules-for-choosing-a-navigable>. Going forward, "_current" will be treated as a regular browsing context name (e.g., creating or targeting a window named "_current"), aligning Chromium with the HTML standard and other browsers, where "_current" gets no special treatment.
*Motivation* The "_current" keyword is a legacy WebKit/Blink-specific artifact that was never standardized in HTML (the only valid special keywords are "_blank", "_self", "_parent", and "_top"). Use counter data indicates that usage is negligible, well below the threshold for web platform removals (~0.00009% of page loads). *Compatibility & Risk* Gecko / WebKit: Does not treat "_current" as a magic target keyword. Target Milestone: M153 *Resources* ChromeStatus entry: https://chromestatus.com/feature/5121089536262144 UseCounter: https://chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2835 Chromium bug: https://crbug.com/539212797 CL: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/8157779 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAP-uykDkPu3-zTBjR5Qf%3DcBQQVnjEjt4JEZTcRdy9Y0372biFA%40mail.gmail.com.
