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NavigateEvent.sourceElement should mention null for cross-origin initiators #46189
Description
MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigateEvent/sourceElement
What specific section or headline is this issue about?
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What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
sourceElement is also null when the initiating element is in a cross-origin document. It would be worth noting that the way Window.frameElement and HTMLIFrameElement.contentDocument do.
What did you expect to see?
See above
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Activity
Stackforge-07 commentedon Oct 19, 2026
I'd like to work on this once it's triaged. I would add the cross-origin null case to the sourceElement value description, checking it against the linked WPT and whatwg/html#13090. Is this available for a community contribution, and could you assign it to me after review? I'll wait for triage before opening a PR.
Josh-Cena commentedon Oct 22, 2026
Just fixed in FF 160. Perhaps @mdn/content-team @mdn/contractors this should be a release task.
aradivarekar07 commentedon Oct 30, 2026
Hi! I'm interested in making this documentation improvement as my first contribution to MDN. I noticed that someone has already expressed interest in working on this issue. Is this still available for another contributor, or should I look for a different issue? Thanks!
Josh-Cena commentedon Oct 30, 2026
Did you see the one (1) message above yours?