We'd also welcome discussion on the Multi-Screen Window Placement API at the May meeting of the Second Screen Working Group <https://github.com/w3c/secondscreen-wg/issues/4> .
All best, Ben On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 7:33 PM Ben Morss <mo...@google.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > We'd love to get WebKit's position on the new Multi-Screen Window > Placement API. > > The proposal is to make incremental improvements to existing screen > information and window placement APIs, allowing web applications to be > intentional about the experiences they offer to users of multi-screen > devices. We'd like to make it simple to: > > - detect when screen properties changes > - discover the presence of extended screen areas > - request extended screen information > - place a window on a specific screen > - show a window fullscreen on a specific screen > > This is useful for applications like the following: > - a slideshow app shows slides full-screen on a projector, while > displaying speaker notes on a laptop > - a creativity app pops up secondary windows, like palettes, on a separate > screen > - a videoconferencing app shows video on a large screen, and controls on a > smaller screen > - a medical app shows images on multiple displays > - a financial app shows dashboards on multiple monitors > > Future work could involve support for foldable devices, showing a window > that spans multiple screens, etc. > > For more details, please see these links: > > - Explainer: > https://github.com/webscreens/window-placement/blob/main/EXPLAINER.md > - Draft Community Group Report: > https://webscreens.github.io/window-placement/ > - Additional ideas: > https://github.com/webscreens/window-placement/blob/main/additional_explorations.md > > Thanks for your feedback on this! > > > All best, > > Ben >
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