Defines the navigation scope of this website's context. This restricts what web pages can be viewed while the manifest is applied. If the user navigates outside the scope, it returns to a normal web page inside a browser tab/window.
I believe that is more for defining the scope of the PWA guidelines within the application. Basically instructing the browser not to run service workers etc. outside of the defined scope.
And if it means otherwise, I'm not sure how to get it to work. 😄
Since asking this question, I'm starting to think that the expected behavior really should be open in the browser. That way you can keep your DEV context, especially in the case of /connect etc.
Hmmm perhaps, but implementations may vary. It seems like it still opens another browser page within the app or something. I think it's possible that this detail is not part of the spec. In fact, I think iOS had a the "back to browser" behavior by default and then switch to "in-app browser".
@ Tyler, awesome. That is the confirmation I was looking for and hadn't found. This makes it pretty clear what the current behavior is and that it is the expected behavior going forward.
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Does this maybe help?
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I believe that is more for defining the scope of the PWA guidelines within the application. Basically instructing the browser not to run service workers etc. outside of the defined scope.
And if it means otherwise, I'm not sure how to get it to work. 😄
Since asking this question, I'm starting to think that the expected behavior really should be open in the browser. That way you can keep your DEV context, especially in the case of /connect etc.
But isn't this exactly what you asked?
"If the user navigates outside the scope, it returns to a normal web page inside a browser tab/window."
So you define the scope in the manifest.json and shouldn't even need to add target="_blank" to links.
Based on the information on developers.google.com/web/fundamen... it appears that you do need to add
target="_blank"I do see where the confusion came from on the MDN docs. Initially I read it the same way you did.
Hmmm perhaps, but implementations may vary. It seems like it still opens another browser page within the app or something. I think it's possible that this detail is not part of the spec. In fact, I think iOS had a the "back to browser" behavior by default and then switch to "in-app browser".
@ Tyler, awesome. That is the confirmation I was looking for and hadn't found. This makes it pretty clear what the current behavior is and that it is the expected behavior going forward.