Intent to Prototype: Document picture-in-picture
Tommy Steimel
Contact emails
ste...@chromium.org, libe...@chromium.org, mfo...@chromium.org, kla...@chromium.orgExplainer
https://github.com/steimelchrome/document-pip-explainer/blob/main/explainer.mdSpecification
Summary
Document PiP adds a new API to open an always-on-top window that can be populated with arbitrary HTMLElements. This is an expansion upon the existing HTMLVideoElement API that only allows for an HTMLVideoElement to be put into a PiP window. This allows web developers to provide a better PiP experience to users.
Blink component
Blink>Media>PictureInPictureMotivation
There currently exists a Web API for putting an HTMLVideoElement into a Picture-in-Picture window (videoElement.requestPictureInPicture()). If a website wants to have something as simple as custom media controls icons or as complex as a full scrollable playlist in the PiP window, they can’t currently provide it in the existing HTMLVideoElement experience. We want to expand upon that functionality with a new method on the Window object (window.requestPictureInPictureWindow()) which opens a picture-in-picture (i.e. always-on-top) window with a blank document that can be populated with arbitrary HTMLElements instead of only a single HTMLVideoElement.
Initial public proposal
https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-document-picture-in-picture/5736TAG review
TAG review status
PendingRisks
Interoperability and Compatibility
Gecko: No signal
WebKit: No signal
Web developers: Positive (https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-document-picture-in-picture/5736/2?u=steimel) In addition to the linked comment, we have some signals from partners that this would be valuable, and are checking to see if they are OK making that public
Other signals:
Debuggability
The new methods and properties proposed in this spec will show up in autocomplete functionality (e.g. window.requestPictureInPictureWindow()). The enterpictureinpicture and leavepictureinpicture events will support event listener breakpoints in the "Picture-in-Picture" category.
Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
NoFlag name
PictureInPictureV2Requires code in //chrome?
TrueTracking bug
https://crbug.com/1269059Launch bug
https://crbug.com/1269059Estimated milestones
No milestones specified
Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5755179560337408
Yoav Weiss
Specification
Summary
Document PiP adds a new API to open an always-on-top window that can be populated with arbitrary HTMLElements. This is an expansion upon the existing HTMLVideoElement API that only allows for an HTMLVideoElement to be put into a PiP window. This allows web developers to provide a better PiP experience to users.
Blink component
Blink>Media>PictureInPictureMotivation
There currently exists a Web API for putting an HTMLVideoElement into a Picture-in-Picture window (videoElement.requestPictureInPicture()). If a website wants to have something as simple as custom media controls icons or as complex as a full scrollable playlist in the PiP window, they can’t currently provide it in the existing HTMLVideoElement experience. We want to expand upon that functionality with a new method on the Window object (window.requestPictureInPictureWindow()) which opens a picture-in-picture (i.e. always-on-top) window with a blank document that can be populated with arbitrary HTMLElements instead of only a single HTMLVideoElement.
Initial public proposal
https://discourse.wicg.io/t/proposal-document-picture-in-picture/5736TAG review
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