WebAPI/BrowserAPI/Common Subset

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
Reload	reload()	reload()	refresh()
Stop	stop()	stop()	stop()
Navigate to previous page in history	goBack()	back()	goBack()
Navigate to next page in history	goForward()	forward()	goForward()
Can go back?	getCanGoBack()	canGoBack()	canGoBack
Can go forward?	getCanGoForward()	canGoForward()	canGoForward
Go to particular history entry		go()
Go to particular URL	iframe.src	webview.src	navigate(), navigateWithHttpRequestMessage(), navigateToLocalStreamUri()
Load a data URL or string	iframe.src	webview.src, loadDataWithBaseUrl()	navigateToString()

Resource Management methods

API	Mozilla	Google	Microsoft
Change visibility state	setVisible() & setActive()
Get visibility state	getVisible() & getActive()
Clear resources	purgeHistory()	clearData()
Download on behalf of URL	download()
Inject Script		executeScript()	invokeScriptAsync()
Inject CSS		insertCSS()
Get document title		documentTitle

Event Dispatch methods

API	Mozilla	Google	Microsoft
Mouse Event	sendMouseEvent()
Touch Event	sendTouchEvent()

Miscellaneous methods

API	Mozilla	Google	Microsoft
Screenshot	getScreenshot()		capturePreviewToBlobAsync()
Capture content		captureSelectedContentToDataPackageAsync()
Zooming	zoom()	setZoom()
Get current zoom factor		getZoom()
Get content's real dimension	getContentDimensions()
Search content		find()
Stop search content		stopFinding()
Get UserAgent		getUserAgent()
Check if UserAgent is overridden		isUserAgentOverridden()
Override UserAgent		setUserAgentOverride()
Print page		print()

WebApp methods

API	Mozilla	Google	Microsoft
Indicating a active InputMethod App	setInputMethodActive()
Get process identifier		getProcessId()
Stop a process		terminate()

Attributes

API	Mozilla	Google	Microsoft
App manifest URL	mozapp
Widget manifest URL	mozwidget

DOM Events

API	Mozilla	Google	Microsoft
on scroll	mozbrowserscroll, mozbrowserasyncscroll
on scrollview change	mozbrowserscrollviewchange
on scroll area change	mozbrowserscrollareachanged
on manifest change	mozbrowsermanifestchange
on meta change	mozbrowsermetachange
on window.close()	mozbrowserclose	close
on WebActivity done	mozbrowseractivitydone
on context menu	mozbrowsercontextmenu
on error to load	mozbrowsererror	loadabort	MSWebViewUnviewableContentIdentified
on favicon change	mozbrowsericonchange
on load end	mozbrowserloadend	loadcommit, contentload	MSWebViewDOMContentLoaded, MSWebViewFrameDOMContentLoaded, MSWebViewNavigationCompleted, MSWebViewFrameNavigationCompleted
on load start	mozbrowserloadstart	loadstart	MSWebViewNavigationStart, MSWebViewFrameNavigationStarting
on load stop		loadstop
on loading			MSWebViewContentLoading, MSWebViewFrameContentLoading
on load redirect		loadredirect
on location change	mozbrowserlocationchange
on window.open()	mozbrowseropenwindow	newwindow
on SSL state change	mozbrowsersecuritychange
on prompt (alert, confirm, prompt)	mozbrowsershowmodalprompt	dialog
on title change	mozbrowsertitlechange
on selection	mozbrowserselectionstatechanged
on touch caret tap	mozbrowsertouchcarettap
on HTTP auth	mozbrowserusernameandpasswordrequired
on asking permission		permissionrequest
on search engine result	mozbrowseropensearch
After paint	addNextPaintListener() && removeNextPaintListener()
on first paint	mozbrowserfirstpaint, mozbrowserdocumentfirstpaint
When the guest window logs a console message		consolemessage
When the process rendering the guest web content has exited		exit
When new find(content search) result appears		findupdate
When the content is responsive		responsive
When the content is unresponsive		unresponsive
On content size change	mozbrowserresize	sizechanged
On zoom factor change		zoomchange
on window.external.notify			MSWebViewScriptNotify

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