Lets a web application register shortcuts for common tasks. These would typically be added to the app launcher icon (for a progressive web app) enabling the user to quickly run key tasks.

Motivation

Adding these to the web platform provides an equivalent capability to native apps on many platforms.

Documentation

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

UI>Browser>WebAppInstalls


Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 85
  • Chrome for Android release 84

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

  • No signal
  • In development
  • No signal
  • No signals

Owners

Intent to Prototype url

Intent to Prototype thread

Comments

Desktop platform is Windows only for now.

Search tags

Jump Shortcut Quick Launch Taskbar,

Last updated on 2020-11-24