Firefox 141 for developers

• The HTML webkitdirectory attribute and the corresponding HTMLInputElement.webkitdirectory property are now partially supported on Firefox Android (Firefox bug 1887878). The attribute can be set to indicate that an <input type="file"> element should offer selection of directories instead of files. Note that the returned file entries for the selected folder always contain an empty string in (File.webkitRelativePath), which means that using webkitdirectory is not suitable for use cases where information about the directory structure is needed (Firefox bug 1973726).

• The CSS font-variant-emoji property allows you to set a default presentation style for displaying emojis (Firefox bug 1954214).

• The "cache" directive of the Clear-Site-Data response header now clears the bfcache (backwards-forwards cache). This allows a site to ensure that if anyone navigates backward after a user has signed out, private details that were visible during the initial session will not be exposed. (Firefox bug 1930501).

• The persistentDeviceId property of the PointerEvent interface is now supported. This gives each pointing device that interacts with the screen a unique ID that persists for the session. It provides a reliable way to identify multiple pointing devices (such as pens) interacting with the screen simultaneously. (Firefox bug 1968400).
• The scrollMargin property of the IntersectionObserver interface is now supported. It adds a margin to all nested scroll containers within the root element of the observer, which allows targets inside those elements to be observed before (or after) they are scrolled into view—instead of only when they first become visible. (Firefox bug 1860030).
• The closedBy attribute of the HTMLDialogElement interface and the corresponding closedby attribute of the <dialog> element are supported. Developers can use these to specify which mechanisms can close a dialog, such as user interaction outside the dialog ("light dismiss") or programmatic closing. (Firefox bug 1964078).
• The showPopover() and togglePopover() methods of the HTMLElement interface now take an options.source argument, and togglePopover() also takes the force or options.force argument. (Firefox bug 1936411). (Firefox bug 1936411)
  • options.source establishes a relationship between a popover and its invoker (control element). In the same way as the equivalent declarative attribute, popovertarget, this makes the popover more accessible to keyboard users (see Popover accessibility features). It also creates an implicit anchor reference between the two, which enables more natural positioning of popovers relative to their controls (see Popover anchor positioning).
  • The force or options.force arguments to togglePopover() can be used to force the popover open or closed, and is ignored if the popover is already in the forced state. Unlike showPopover() and hidePopover(), this does not throw an exception if the popover is already in the target state.

General

• Removed the temporary remote.system-access-check.enabled preference. This preference can no longer be used to disable system access checks when using WebDriver in Firefox's chrome scope during testing (Firefox bug 1955007).

WebDriver BiDi

• Added support for the "proxy" argument of the browser.createUserContext command. This allows clients to setup either a "direct" or "manual" proxy when creating a user context (ie Firefox Container). Support for additional proxy types will be added later on (Firefox bug 1967653).
• Implemented the new browsingContext.historyUpdated event which is emitted when history.pushState(), history.replaceState() or document.open() is called within the context of a web page (Firefox bug 1906051).
• Improved the error message shown when attempting to permanently install an unpacked, unsigned web extension (Firefox bug 1958723).
• Updated the browsingContext.navigate and browsingContext.reload commands to wait for the browsingContext.navigationCommitted event when using the "wait" condition "none" (Firefox bug 1967469).
• Updated the WebDriver BiDi cookie APIs to support "default" value in "sameSite" property to address recent changes in platform API which wouldn't allow anymore to set a cookie with "sameSite=None" and "secure=false" on HTTP pages (Firefox bug 1971488).

Marionette

• To avoid unnecessary 200ms delays for each call to WebDriver:ElementClick - even when no navigation occurs - we lowered the click-and-wait timeout for a potential navigation to 50ms for backward compatibility. The timeout is now also configurable and can be completely disabled by users through a preference (Firefox bug 1972271).
• Added support in Marionette for interacting with CHIPS cookies (Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State) (Firefox bug 1972830).

• Adds the i18n.getPreferredSystemLanguages method to retrieve the preferred locales of the operating system. This complements i18n.getAcceptLanguages which return details of the locales set in the browser. (Firefox bug 1888486)

These features are shipping in Firefox 141 but are disabled by default. To experiment with them, search for the appropriate preference on the about:config page and set it to true. You can find more such features on the Experimental features page.

• :active-view-transition (Nightly): dom.viewTransitions.enabled

  The CSS :active-view-transition pseudo-class enables you to style content while a view transition is taking place in a single-page app (SPA). (Firefox bug 1956140).