What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
The URL API documentation should be updated to reflect the
new Windows file path handling feature being added to the
WHATWG URL specification.
What did you expect to see?
Documentation explaining that Windows drive letter patterns
(like C:\folder\file.txt) are automatically converted to
file:/// URLs when parsed.
Example
new URL("C:\\folder\\file.txt")
// Returns: file:///C:/folder/file.txtImplementation status
Implementation bugs have been filed:
Related links
This documentation update should be made once the spec
change is merged and browsers begin implementation.
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
The URL API documentation should be updated to reflect the
new Windows file path handling feature being added to the
WHATWG URL specification.
What did you expect to see?
Documentation explaining that Windows drive letter patterns
(like
C:\folder\file.txt) are automatically converted tofile:///URLs when parsed.Example
Implementation status
Implementation bugs have been filed:
Related links
accepting windows backslash paths web-platform-tests/wpt#53459
This documentation update should be made once the spec
change is merged and browsers begin implementation.