webview

Provides APIs to create webviews, communicate with other webviews and manipulate the current webview.

Webview events

Events can be listened to using Webview.listen:

import { getCurrentWebview } from "@tauri-apps/api/webview";
getCurrentWebview().listen("my-webview-event", ({ event, payload }) => { });

Classes

Webview

Create new webview or get a handle to an existing one.

Webviews are identified by a label a unique identifier that can be used to reference it later. It may only contain alphanumeric characters a-zA-Z plus the following special characters -, /, : and _.

Example

import { Window } from "@tauri-apps/api/window"
import { Webview } from "@tauri-apps/api/webview"

const appWindow = new Window('uniqueLabel');

appWindow.once('tauri://created', async function () {
  // `new Webview` Should be called after the window is successfully created,
  // or webview may not be attached to the window since window is not created yet.

  // loading embedded asset:
  const webview = new Webview(appWindow, 'theUniqueLabel', {
    url: 'path/to/page.html',

    // create a webview with specific logical position and size
    x: 0,
    y: 0,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
  });
  // alternatively, load a remote URL:
  const webview = new Webview(appWindow, 'theUniqueLabel', {
    url: 'https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri',

    // create a webview with specific logical position and size
    x: 0,
    y: 0,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
  });

  webview.once('tauri://created', function () {
    // webview successfully created
  });
  webview.once('tauri://error', function (e) {
    // an error happened creating the webview
  });

  // emit an event to the backend
  await webview.emit("some-event", "data");
  // listen to an event from the backend
  const unlisten = await webview.listen("event-name", e => { });
  unlisten();
});

Since

2.0.0

Extended by

• WebviewWindow

Constructors

new Webview()

new Webview(
   window,
   label,
   options): Webview

Creates a new Webview.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
window	Window	the window to add this webview to.
label	string	The unique webview label. Must be alphanumeric: a-zA-Z-/:_.
options	WebviewOptions	-

Returns

Webview

The Webview instance to communicate with the webview.

Example

import { Window } from '@tauri-apps/api/window'
import { Webview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview'
const appWindow = new Window('my-label')

appWindow.once('tauri://created', async function() {
  const webview = new Webview(appWindow, 'my-label', {
    url: 'https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri',

    // create a webview with specific logical position and size
    x: 0,
    y: 0,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
  });

  webview.once('tauri://created', function () {
    // webview successfully created
  });
  webview.once('tauri://error', function (e) {
    // an error happened creating the webview
  });
});

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L194

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
label	string	The webview label. It is a unique identifier for the webview, can be used to reference it later.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L155
listeners	Record<string, EventCallback<any>[]>	Local event listeners.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L160
window	Window	The window hosting this webview.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L157

Methods

clearAllBrowsingData()

clearAllBrowsingData(): Promise<void>

Clears all browsing data for this webview.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().clearAllBrowsingData();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L589

close()

close(): Promise<void>

Closes the webview.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().close();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L436

emit()

emit<T>(event, payload?): Promise<void>

Emits an event to all targets.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
event	string	Event name. Must include only alphanumeric characters, -, /, : and _.
payload?	T	Event payload.

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().emit('webview-loaded', { loggedIn: true, token: 'authToken' });

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L325

emitTo()

emitTo<T>(
   target,
   event,
payload?): Promise<void>

Emits an event to all targets matching the given target.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
target	string | EventTarget	Label of the target Window/Webview/WebviewWindow or raw EventTarget object.
event	string	Event name. Must include only alphanumeric characters, -, /, : and _.
payload?	T	Event payload.

Returns

Promise<void>

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().emitTo('main', 'webview-loaded', { loggedIn: true, token: 'authToken' });

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L353

hide()

hide(): Promise<void>

Hide the webview.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().hide();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L523

listen()

listen<T>(event, handler): Promise<UnlistenFn>

Listen to an emitted event on this webview.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
event	EventName	Event name. Must include only alphanumeric characters, -, /, : and _.
handler	EventCallback<T>	Event handler.

Returns

Promise<UnlistenFn>

A promise resolving to a function to unlisten to the event. Note that removing the listener is required if your listener goes out of scope e.g. the component is unmounted.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
const unlisten = await getCurrentWebview().listen<string>('state-changed', (event) => {
  console.log(`Got error: ${payload}`);
});

// you need to call unlisten if your handler goes out of scope e.g. the component is unmounted
unlisten();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L262

onDragDropEvent()

onDragDropEvent(handler): Promise<UnlistenFn>

Listen to a file drop event. The listener is triggered when the user hovers the selected files on the webview, drops the files or cancels the operation.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
handler	EventCallback<DragDropEvent>

Returns

Promise<UnlistenFn>

A promise resolving to a function to unlisten to the event. Note that removing the listener is required if your listener goes out of scope e.g. the component is unmounted.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from "@tauri-apps/api/webview";
const unlisten = await getCurrentWebview().onDragDropEvent((event) => {
 if (event.payload.type === 'over') {
   console.log('User hovering', event.payload.position);
 } else if (event.payload.type === 'drop') {
   console.log('User dropped', event.payload.paths);
 } else {
   console.log('File drop cancelled');
 }
});

// you need to call unlisten if your handler goes out of scope e.g. the component is unmounted
unlisten();

When the debugger panel is open, the drop position of this event may be inaccurate due to a known limitation. To retrieve the correct drop position, please detach the debugger.

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L641

once()

once<T>(event, handler): Promise<UnlistenFn>

Listen to an emitted event on this webview only once.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter
T

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
event	EventName	Event name. Must include only alphanumeric characters, -, /, : and _.
handler	EventCallback<T>	Event handler.

Returns

Promise<UnlistenFn>

A promise resolving to a function to unlisten to the event. Note that removing the listener is required if your listener goes out of scope e.g. the component is unmounted.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
const unlisten = await getCurrent().once<null>('initialized', (event) => {
  console.log(`Webview initialized!`);
});

// you need to call unlisten if your handler goes out of scope e.g. the component is unmounted
unlisten();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L297

position()

position(): Promise<PhysicalPosition>

The position of the top-left hand corner of the webview’s client area relative to the top-left hand corner of the desktop.

Returns

Promise<PhysicalPosition>

The webview’s position.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
const position = await getCurrentWebview().position();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L398

reparent()

reparent(window): Promise<void>

Moves this webview to the given label.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
window	string | Window | WebviewWindow

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().reparent('other-window');

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L572

setAutoResize()

setAutoResize(autoResize): Promise<void>

Sets whether the webview should automatically grow and shrink its size and position when the parent window resizes.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
autoResize	boolean

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().setAutoResize(true);

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L506

setBackgroundColor()

setBackgroundColor(color): Promise<void>

Specify the webview background color.

Platfrom-specific:

• macOS / iOS: Not implemented.
• Windows:
  • On Windows 7, transparency is not supported and the alpha value will be ignored.
  • On Windows higher than 7: translucent colors are not supported so any alpha value other than 0 will be replaced by 255

Parameters

Parameter	Type
color	null | Color

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Since

2.1.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L607

setFocus()

setFocus(): Promise<void>

Bring the webview to front and focus.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().setFocus();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L490

setPosition()

setPosition(position): Promise<void>

Sets the webview position.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
position	LogicalPosition | PhysicalPosition | Position	The new position, in logical or physical pixels.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrent, LogicalPosition } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().setPosition(new LogicalPosition(600, 500));

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L471

setSize()

setSize(size): Promise<void>

Resizes the webview.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
size	LogicalSize | PhysicalSize | Size	The logical or physical size.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrent, LogicalSize } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().setSize(new LogicalSize(600, 500));

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L453

setZoom()

setZoom(scaleFactor): Promise<void>

Set webview zoom level.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
scaleFactor	number

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().setZoom(1.5);

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L555

show()

show(): Promise<void>

Show the webview.

Returns

Promise<void>

A promise indicating the success or failure of the operation.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
await getCurrentWebview().show();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L539

size()

size(): Promise<PhysicalSize>

The physical size of the webview’s client area. The client area is the content of the webview, excluding the title bar and borders.

Returns

Promise<PhysicalSize>

The webview’s size.

Example

import { getCurrentWebview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
const size = await getCurrentWebview().size();

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L415

getAll()

static getAll(): Promise<Webview[]>

Gets a list of instances of Webview for all available webviews.

Returns

Promise<Webview[]>

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L239

getByLabel()

static getByLabel(label): Promise<null | Webview>

Gets the Webview for the webview associated with the given label.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
label	string	The webview label.

Returns

Promise<null | Webview>

The Webview instance to communicate with the webview or null if the webview doesn’t exist.

Example

import { Webview } from '@tauri-apps/api/webview';
const mainWebview = Webview.getByLabel('main');

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L225

getCurrent()

static getCurrent(): Webview

Get an instance of Webview for the current webview.

Returns

Webview

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L232

Interfaces

WebviewOptions

Configuration for the webview to create.

Since

2.0.0

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Defined in
acceptFirstMouse?	boolean	Whether clicking an inactive webview also clicks through to the webview on macOS.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L746
allowLinkPreview?	boolean	on macOS and iOS there is a link preview on long pressing links, this is enabled by default. see https://docs.rs/objc2-web-kit/latest/objc2_web_kit/struct.WKWebView.html#method.allowsLinkPreview	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L850
backgroundColor?	Color	Set the window and webview background color. Platform-specific: - macOS / iOS: Not implemented. - Windows: - On Windows 7, alpha channel is ignored. - On Windows 8 and newer, if alpha channel is not 0, it will be ignored. Since 2.1.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L822
backgroundThrottling?	BackgroundThrottlingPolicy	Change the default background throttling behaviour. By default, browsers use a suspend policy that will throttle timers and even unload the whole tab (view) to free resources after roughly 5 minutes when a view became minimized or hidden. This will pause all tasks until the documents visibility state changes back from hidden to visible by bringing the view back to the foreground. ## Platform-specific - Linux / Windows / Android: Unsupported. Workarounds like a pending WebLock transaction might suffice. - iOS: Supported since version 17.0+. - macOS: Supported since version 14.0+. see https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/issues/5250#issuecomment-2569380578 Since 2.3.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L841
dataDirectory?	string	Set a custom path for the webview’s data directory (localStorage, cache, etc.) relative to [appDataDir()]/${label}. For security reasons, paths outside of that location can only be configured on the Rust side. Platform-specific: - Windows: WebViews with different values for settings like additionalBrowserArgs, browserExtensionsEnabled or scrollBarStyle must have different data directories. - macOS / iOS: Unsupported, use dataStoreIdentifier instead. - Android: Unsupported. Since 2.9.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L870
dataStoreIdentifier?	number[]	Initialize the WebView with a custom data store identifier. This can be seen as a replacement for dataDirectory which is unavailable in WKWebView. See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebsitedatastore/init(foridentifier:)?language=objc The array must contain 16 u8 numbers. Platform-specific: - macOS / iOS: Available on macOS >= 14 and iOS >= 17 - Windows / Linux / Android: Unsupported. Since 2.9.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L884
devtools?	boolean	Whether web inspector, which is usually called browser devtools, is enabled or not. Enabled by default. This API works in debug builds, but requires devtools feature flag to enable it in release builds. Platform-specific - macOS: This will call private functions on macOS. - Android: Open chrome://inspect/#devices in Chrome to get the devtools window. Wry’s WebView devtools API isn’t supported on Android. - iOS: Open Safari > Develop > [Your Device Name] > [Your WebView] to get the devtools window. Since 2.1.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L809
disableInputAccessoryView?	boolean	Allows disabling the input accessory view on iOS. The accessory view is the view that appears above the keyboard when a text input element is focused. It usually displays a view with “Done”, “Next” buttons.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L857
dragDropEnabled?	boolean	Whether the drag and drop is enabled or not on the webview. By default it is enabled. Disabling it is required to use HTML5 drag and drop on the frontend on Windows.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L742
focus?	boolean	Whether the webview should have focus or not Since 2.1.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L736
height	number	The initial height.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L724
incognito?	boolean	Whether or not the webview should be launched in incognito mode. Platform-specific - Android: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L758
javascriptDisabled?	boolean	Whether we should disable JavaScript code execution on the webview or not.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L845
proxyUrl?	string	The proxy URL for the WebView for all network requests. Must be either a http:// or a socks5:// URL. Platform-specific - macOS: Requires the macos-proxy feature flag and only compiles for macOS 14+.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L768
scrollBarStyle?	ScrollBarStyle	Specifies the native scrollbar style to use with the webview. CSS styles that modify the scrollbar are applied on top of the native appearance configured here. Defaults to default, which is the browser default. ## Platform-specific - Windows: - fluentOverlay requires WebView2 Runtime version 125.0.2535.41 or higher, and does nothing on older versions. - This option must be given the same value for all webviews. - Linux / Android / iOS / macOS: Unsupported. Only supports Default and performs no operation.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L899
transparent?	boolean	Whether the webview is transparent or not. Note that on macOS this requires the macos-private-api feature flag, enabled under tauri.conf.json > app > macOSPrivateApi. WARNING: Using private APIs on macOS prevents your application from being accepted to the App Store.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L730
url?	string	Remote URL or local file path to open. - URL such as https://github.com/tauri-apps is opened directly on a Tauri webview. - data: URL such as data:text/html,<html>... is only supported with the webview-data-url Cargo feature for the tauri dependency. - local file path or route such as /path/to/page.html or /users is appended to the application URL (the devServer URL on development, or tauri://localhost/ and https://tauri.localhost/ on production).	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L716
useHttpsScheme?	boolean	Sets whether the custom protocols should use https://<scheme>.localhost instead of the default http://<scheme>.localhost on Windows and Android. Defaults to false. #### Note Using a https scheme will NOT allow mixed content when trying to fetch http endpoints and therefore will not match the behavior of the <scheme>://localhost protocols used on macOS and Linux. #### Warning Changing this value between releases will change the IndexedDB, cookies and localstorage location and your app will not be able to access them. Since 2.1.0	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L795
userAgent?	string	The user agent for the webview.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L750
width	number	The initial width.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L722
x	number	The initial vertical position.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L718
y	number	The initial horizontal position.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L720
zoomHotkeysEnabled?	boolean	Whether page zooming by hotkeys is enabled Platform-specific: - Windows: Controls WebView2’s IsZoomControlEnabled setting. - MacOS / Linux: Injects a polyfill that zooms in and out with ctrl/command + -/=, 20% in each step, ranging from 20% to 1000%. Requires webview:allow-set-webview-zoom permission - Android / iOS: Unsupported.	Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L780

Type Aliases

Color

type Color: [number, number, number] | [number, number, number, number] | object | string;

An RGBA color. Each value has minimum of 0 and maximum of 255.

It can be either a string #ffffff, an array of 3 or 4 elements or an object.

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/window.ts#L2079

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DragDropEvent

type DragDropEvent: object | object | object | object;

The drag and drop event types.

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L43

Functions

getAllWebviews()

function getAllWebviews(): Promise<Webview[]>

Gets a list of instances of Webview for all available webviews.

Returns

Promise<Webview[]>

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L70

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getCurrentWebview()

function getCurrentWebview(): Webview

Get an instance of Webview for the current webview.

Returns

Webview

Since

2.0.0

Source: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/blob/dev/packages/api/src/webview.ts#L54