Modern browsers have a side panel that can be used to display additional information about the current page or provides a way to browse side-by-side. This proposal aims to standardize the side panel and its API. The new side panel API will allow developers to declare support for the side panel and to control their web content in the side panel.
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Title of the spec
Side Panel
URL to the spec
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/SidePanel/explainer.md
URL to the spec's repository
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/tree/main
Issue Tracker URL
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/issues
Explainer URL
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/SidePanel/explainer.md
TAG Design Review URL
https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/903
Mozilla standards-positions issue URL
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WebKit Bugzilla URL
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Radar URL
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Description
Modern browsers have a side panel that can be used to display additional information about the current page or provides a way to browse side-by-side. This proposal aims to standardize the side panel and its API. The new side panel API will allow developers to declare support for the side panel and to control their web content in the side panel.