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Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The files read-only property of the LaunchParams interface returns an array of FileSystemHandle objects representing any files passed along with the launch navigation via the POST method.
A read-only array of FileSystemHandle objects.
if ("launchQueue" in window) {
window.launchQueue.setConsumer((launchParams) => {
if (launchParams.files) {
const files = launchParams.files;
for (file in files) {
// Do stuff with file handles
}
}
});
}
| Specification |
|---|
| Web App Launch Handler API> # dom-launchparams-files> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
files |
102 | 102 | No | 88 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/LaunchParams/files