manifests.webapp.share_target - Chromium doesn't support it on Linux
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Description
What type of issue is this?
Missing compatibility data
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
Chromium (and Chrome as well) doesn't supports share_target on Linux. At least KDE has sharing mechanisms, but it's not supported by Chromium PWAs
Maybe this table was made before the official release of Chrome on Linux, and it's the reason why the table doesn't count it as an only partial support
What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?
Chromium (Chrome, Edge 79+, Opera, Samsung Internet)
What did you expect to see?
Yellow support indicator next to chromium based browsers, and a remark about absence of Linux support
Did you test this? If so, how?
I tested in my app, and in photopea (it has share_target in the manifest) - it doesn't appear in Dolphin file manager share menu (even after system reboot). File handling works fine though
Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?
Here people mention absence of linux support
Do you have anything more you want to share?
No response
MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps/Manifest/Reference/share_target
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MDN page report details
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manifests.webapp.share_target - Report started: 2026-06-20T18:41:47.864Z
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the BCD entry queried as manifests.webapp.share_target and compare its Chromium-based browser data with the linked Chromium issue and MDN page. Update the compatibility data to reflect missing Linux support, including the expected partial-support indicator and remark, then validate the data changes.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- json, linux
- Domain
- documentation, web-dev
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100