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Status: Fixed
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Closed: Nov 26
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OS: Linux , Windows , Chrome
Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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Add "open in window" checkbox to non-PWA Create Shortcut dialog

Project Member Reported by alancutter@chromium.org, Nov 21

Issue description

Chrome Version: 72
OS: Linux, Windows, Chrome OS

What steps will reproduce the problem?
(1) Go to non-PWA site (this one will do).
(2) Menu > More tools > Create shortcut...

What is the expected result?

Option to open shortcut in its own window.

What happens instead?

No option to set launch behaviour. Shortcut will open in a tab.


We removed this check box from Linux and Windows in Chrome 70 with the launch of PWAs on those platforms. One of the biggest user complaints was the removal of the checkbox to enable shortcuts to open in their own window.

Previously we were moving towards opening in a window being a PWA only feature so it made sense to remove it from the Create (non-PWA) shortcut dialog. Now that we're no longer going to make the feature set available to PWAs distinguishable from non-PWAs should we put the checkbox back in Create shortcut?
 
Cc: mgiuca@chromium.org
Yes let's put the checkbox back. 

Rationales for future visit:
- Support 'focused / less-distraction' use of a web site. One imaginary/but possible scenario might be a single-purpose computer with an intranet web app (e.g. a sign-up computer at a doctor's office) that should be accessed quickly & distraction-free, and that should not be easily navigated to other sites.  
- Consequences of using the same window style for the PWAs and the non-PWAs is unclear at this point. We should reassess if/when we actually encounter a negative impact in the future.


Cc: hwi@chromium.org
Owner: alancutter@chromium.org
OK, assigning to Alan, when you get time.
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