This wiki page aims to document the difference and common subset of <webview> API provided by various vendors.
API categories
Navigation methods
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| Reload
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reload()
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reload()
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refresh()
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| Stop
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stop()
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stop()
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stop()
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| Navigate to previous page in history
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goBack()
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back()
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goBack()
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| Navigate to next page in history
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goForward()
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forward()
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goForward()
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| Can go back?
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getCanGoBack()
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canGoBack()
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canGoBack
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| Can go forward?
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getCanGoForward()
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canGoForward()
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canGoForward
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| Go to particular history entry
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go()
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| Go to particular URL
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iframe.src
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webview.src
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navigate(), navigateWithHttpRequestMessage(), navigateToLocalStreamUri()
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| Load a data URL or string
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iframe.src
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webview.src, loadDataWithBaseUrl()
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navigateToString()
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Resource Management methods
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| Change visibility state
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setVisible() & setActive()
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| Get visibility state
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getVisible() & getActive()
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| Clear resources
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purgeHistory()
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clearData()
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| Download on behalf of URL
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download()
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| Inject Script
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executeScript()
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invokeScriptAsync()
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| Inject CSS
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insertCSS()
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| Get document title
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documentTitle
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Event Dispatch methods
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| Mouse Event
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sendMouseEvent()
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| Touch Event
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sendTouchEvent()
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Miscellaneous methods
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| Screenshot
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getScreenshot()
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capturePreviewToBlobAsync()
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| Capture content
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captureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync()
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| Zooming
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zoom()
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setZoom()
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| Get current zoom factor
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getZoom()
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| Get content's real dimension
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getContentDimensions()
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| Search content
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find()
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| Stop search content
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stopFinding()
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| Get UserAgent
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getUserAgent()
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| Check if UserAgent is overridden
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isUserAgentOverridden()
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| Override UserAgent
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setUserAgentOverride()
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| Print page
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print()
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WebApp methods
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| Indicating a active InputMethod App
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setInputMethodActive()
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| Get process identifier
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getProcessId()
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| Stop a process
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terminate()
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Attributes
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| App manifest URL
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mozapp
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| Widget manifest URL
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mozwidget
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DOM Events
| API |
Mozilla |
Google |
Microsoft
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| on scroll
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mozbrowserscroll, mozbrowserasyncscroll
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| on scrollview change
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mozbrowserscrollviewchange
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| on scroll area change
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mozbrowserscrollareachanged
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| on manifest change
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mozbrowsermanifestchange
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| on meta change
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mozbrowsermetachange
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| on window.close()
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mozbrowserclose
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close
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| on WebActivity done
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mozbrowseractivitydone
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| on context menu
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mozbrowsercontextmenu
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| on error to load
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mozbrowsererror
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loadabort
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MSWebViewUnviewableContentIdentified
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| on favicon change
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mozbrowsericonchange
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| on load end
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mozbrowserloadend
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loadcommit, contentload
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MSWebViewDOMContentLoaded, MSWebViewFrameDOMContentLoaded, MSWebViewNavigationCompleted, MSWebViewFrameNavigationCompleted
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| on load start
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mozbrowserloadstart
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loadstart
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MSWebViewNavigationStart, MSWebViewFrameNavigationStarting
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| on load stop
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loadstop
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| on loading
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MSWebViewContentLoading, MSWebViewFrameContentLoading
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| on load redirect
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loadredirect
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| on location change
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mozbrowserlocationchange
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| on window.open()
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mozbrowseropenwindow
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newwindow
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| on SSL state change
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mozbrowsersecuritychange
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| on prompt (alert, confirm, prompt)
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mozbrowsershowmodalprompt
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dialog
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| on title change
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mozbrowsertitlechange
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| on selection
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mozbrowserselectionstatechanged
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| on touch caret tap
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mozbrowsertouchcarettap
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| on HTTP auth
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mozbrowserusernameandpasswordrequired
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| on asking permission
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permissionrequest
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| on search engine result
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mozbrowseropensearch
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| After paint
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addNextPaintListener() && removeNextPaintListener()
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| on first paint
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mozbrowserfirstpaint, mozbrowserdocumentfirstpaint
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| When the guest window logs a console message
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consolemessage
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| When the process rendering the guest web content has exited
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exit
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| When new find(content search) result appears
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findupdate
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| When the content is responsive
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responsive
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| When the content is unresponsive
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unresponsive
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| On content size change
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mozbrowserresize
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sizechanged
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| On zoom factor change
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zoomchange
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| on window.external.notify
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MSWebViewScriptNotify
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Links
Mozilla Browser Element
- API doc
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Using_the_Browser_API
- WebIDL
- http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/webidl/BrowserElement.webidl
Google Webview Element
- API doc
- https://developer.chrome.com/apps/tags/webview
Microsoft Webview Element
- API doc
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/apps/dn301831.aspx
