Sounds good. I uploaded https://crrev.com/c/8258681 to do this.
On Friday, August 14, 2026 at 3:28:45 AM UTC-4 Philip Jägenstedt wrote: > This seems very likely to be fine, but can you do it with a runtime flag > so that it's easy to revert with Finch? > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 4:03 AM Dominic Farolino <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *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 >> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAP-uykDkPu3-zTBjR5Qf%3DcBQQVnjEjt4JEZTcRdy9Y0372biFA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/f40352dd-78b8-4feb-b8f8-26094d5194cfn%40chromium.org.
