Add that an empty string refers to the current page URL in Share API - #44741
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Thanks, @amirparsadd. I've improved the wording, and this looks good to go.
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…dn#44741) * Add that an empty string refers to the current page URL in Share API Docs * improve wording --------- Co-authored-by: Chris Mills <chrisdavidmills@gmail.com>
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Description
This PR adds details under the possible values of the data parameter of the navigator.share function inside the url section saying that setting the url to an empty string (
"") refers to the current page. this is based on this specificationMotivation
So I was diving deeper into the API specs and saw this and thought this could be very helpful for developers using this API and would also help MDN to get closer to the spec.
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https://w3c.github.io/web-share/#sharing-text-and-links:~:text=Note%20that%20a%20url%20of%20%27%27%20refers%20to%20the%20current%20page%20URL%2C%20just%20as%20it%20would%20in%20a%20link.%20Any%20other%20absolute%20or%20relative%20URL%20can%20also%20be%20used.
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Fixes #44741