WindowClient

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. Its been available across browsers since April 2018.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

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Note: This feature is only available in Service Workers.

The WindowClient interface of the ServiceWorker API represents the scope of a service worker client that is a document in a browsing context, controlled by an active worker. The service worker client independently selects and uses a service worker for its own loading and sub-resources.

Client WindowClient

Instance methods

WindowClient inherits methods from its parent interface, Client.

WindowClient.focus(): Gives user input focus to the current client.
WindowClient.navigate(): Loads a specified URL into a controlled client page.

Instance properties

WindowClient inherits properties from its parent interface, Client.

WindowClient.ancestorOrigins Read only: An array of strings that indicates the ancestor origins of the browsing context represented by this WindowClient in reverse order.
WindowClient.focused Read only: A boolean that indicates whether the current client has focus.
WindowClient.visibilityState Read only: Indicates the visibility of the current client. This value can be one of "hidden" or "visible".

Example

self.addEventListener("notificationclick", (event) => {
  console.log("On notification click: ", event.notification.tag);
  event.notification.close();

  // This looks to see if the current is already open and
  // focuses if it is
  event.waitUntil(
    clients
      .matchAll({
        type: "window",
      })
      .then((clientList) => {
        for (const client of clientList) {
          if (client.url === "/" && "focus" in client) {
            client.focus();
            break;
          }
        }
        if (clients.openWindow) return clients.openWindow("/");
      }),
  );
});