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HTML <iframe>: allow attribute needs stand-alone topic #32188
Description
MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe#allow
What specific section or headline is this issue about?
The topic named iframes
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
The iframes attribute allow is used to set a permission policy for the frame. The current documentation in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe#allow is insufficient. There is quite useful information in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy#iframes - probably too much to stick into the above document.
So the proposal is to create a stand-alone document for the allow attribute, pulling in the information from the Permissions-Policy document linked above. The Permissions-Policy document then might have a reduced set of information and a cross link.
What did you expect to see?
Much of the information in https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Permissions-Policy#iframes
Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?
Discussion originates in #32135 (comment)
Do you have anything more you want to share?
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BHUVANSH855 commentedon Jun 25, 2026
Hi @hamishwillee,
I was planning to work on this issue, but I noticed that since it was opened,
HTMLIFrameElement.allowwas added in PR #31979.Currently we have:
HTMLIFrameElement.allowdocumenting the DOM property.<iframe>element page with a brief description of theallowattribute.Permissions-Policypage containing the more detailediframessection.Before I start implementing anything, could you clarify the intended direction for this issue?
Should this issue still result in a separate page specifically for the HTML
allowattribute, or would expanding the existingHTMLIFrameElement.allowpage and updating the cross-links be the preferred approach?Thanks!
hamishwillee commentedon Jul 28, 2026
Thanks @BHUVANSH855
When this issue was created the thinking was to create a link from the
<iframe>doc allow attribute to permission policy docs (done) and then later create the dedicated doc proposed in this issue. Now I don't see it as necessary to do so: the link takes you to the right place. None of the other attributes have dedicated pages and much of what would be said is duplication.So I don't think this is needed.
Closing. Thanks for bringing to my attention.
BHUVANSH855 commentedon Jul 28, 2026
There are a lot of issues left open i will look over them also and help you maintain the issues.