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Chrome 92

Enabled (8) | Origin Trial (1) | Behind a flag (1) | Deprecated (0) | Removed (1)

Enabled by default in 92

This release of Chrome had 8 new features.

Add dayPeriod option for Intl.DateTimeFormat

Add a dayPeriod option to Intl.DateTimeFormat() method so the caller can format times such as "7 in the morning", "11 in the morning", "12 noon", "1 in the afternoon", "6 in the evening", "10 at night" (or in Chinese, "清晨7時", "上午11時", "中午12時", "下午1時" ,"下午6時" ,"晚上10時") #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

Docs: https://tc39.es/ecma402/#table-datetimeformat-componentshttps://tc39.es/ecma402/#sec-todatetimeoptionshttps://tc39.es/ecma402/#sec-intl.datetimeformat-internal-slotshttps://tc39.es/ecma402/#table-datetimeformat-rangepatternfieldshttps://github.com/tc39/ecma402/pull/346

Samples: https://github.com/tc39/ecma402/pull/346

Change click, auxclick and contextmenu event types to PointerEvent

Change “click”, “contextmenu”, “auxclick” events to PointerEvent (instead of MouseEvent) to let developers: distinguish between mouse, pen and individual fingers in a multitouch interaction through pointerType and pointerId attributes, and utilize fractional event coordinates for high precision use cases. #

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Final specified imperative slot distribution behavior

The final imperative slot distribution API spec has been landed at [1]. There are minor changes from the initial draft [2] which was implemented in Chromium. This feature represents the changes from the draft to the final spec. [1] https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-slot-assign [2] https://chromestatus.com/feature/5711021289242624 #

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Relative indexing method for Array, String, and TypedArrays

Add a new method, named at(), to Array.prototype, String.prototype, and the TypedArray prototypes, that permit relative indexing with negative indices. ``` let arr = [1,2,3,4]; arr.at(-1); // Returns 4 ``` #

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Tainted origin flag applied to Resource Timing

Accounts for the tainted origin flag when computing whether a fetched resource passes the timing allow origin check. The Timing Allow Origin check is used in Resource Timing to determine whether the page has the right to receive detailed timing information about a resource used in the page. The tainted origin flag impacts this check in cases where there are multiple redirects that cross origins. In those cases, the header should be '*', i.e. can no longer be a specific origin. #

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Web Bluetooth manufacturer data filter

Being able to filter based on manufacturer specific data (such as vendor ID and product ID) will enable e.g. manufacturer.example.com to configure/select only its own Bluetooth devices and present them to users, instead of showing unrelated Bluetooth devices in the browser picker. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

Docs: https://web.dev/bluetooth/#manufacturer-data-filter

Samples: https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/web-bluetooth/manufacturer-data-filter.html

crypto.randomUUID()

Introduces the method crypto.randomUUID() for generating RFC 4122 version 4 identifiers. The method returns the namespace specific string representation (for example, "6e4decd0-6066-4a25-98e3-0227317cda52"). #

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size-adjust descriptor for @font-face

The size-adjust descriptor in @font-face allows scaling of glyph sizes for a particular font face without affecting the CSS font-size and derived metrics such as em. CSS font-size can be seen as a scale factor for a box that the font draws in. Glyph sizes within that box vary between fonts, and size-adjust enables harmonising them across different fonts. That's why it can also help with reducing cumulative layout shift by matching up the fallback font and primary web font using this descriptor. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Origin Trials in-progress in 92

This release of Chrome had 1 new origin trials.

aria-touchpassthrough

Screen readers with touch screen support typically include a "touch exploration" mode where you can tap or slowly drag around the screen and listen to feedback on what you're touching, before it activates. Setting aria-touchpassthrough on an HTML element indicates to a screen reader that touch events targeted at this element should be passed through directly, instead. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Flagged features in 92

This release of Chrome had 1 are available behind a flag.

CSS position: sticky scroll initial position into view

For the purposes of any operation targetting the scroll position of a sticky positioned element (or one of its descendants), the sticky positioned element must be considered to be positioned at its initial (non-offsetted) position. This was discussed in https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1459. #

This feature was specified in this Spec.

Resources

No linked docs

Samples: https://jsbin.com/simivof/edit?html,output

Deprecations and Removals

Deprecation policy

To keep the platform healthy, we sometimes remove APIs from the Web Platform which have run their course. There can be many reasons why we would remove an API, such as:

Some of these changes will have an effect on a very small number of sites. To mitigate issues ahead of time, we try to give developers advanced notice so they can make the required changes to keep their sites running.

Chrome currently has a process for deprecations and removals of API's, essentially:

You can find a list of all deprecated features on chromestatus.com using the deprecated filter and removed features by applying the removed filter. We will also try to summarize some of the changes, reasoning, and migration paths in these posts.

Deprecated features in 92

This release of Chrome had 0 features deprecated.

Removed features in 92

This release of Chrome had 1 features removed.

Payment handlers for standardized payment method identifiers.

Enables web-based payment handlers to receive "paymentrequest" events with non-URL, but standardized payment method identifiers, such as "basic-card" or "tokenized-card". #

This feature was specified in this Spec.