Feature request: Access to "user gesture" flag, especially in 'new-window' event

[pfrazee]

Knowing whether the user initiated the new-window event is important for blocking unwanted popups in a webview. Without it, an untrusted page can call window.open() or anchorTag.click() to trigger popups at will.

In webContents.executeJavascript, we have a userGesture parameter which overrides the flag indicating whether the user triggered an event.

Is it possible for the application to get access to the state of that flag via a function call - something like webContents.hasUserGesture()? If not, could we get access to it in the new-window event via an attribute, event.hasUserGesture ?

(I can make a PR if somebody can assure me this is doable, and point to relevant APIs.)

[themihai]

I need to set disable userGesture constrain so a PR would be great.
#15856

[sentialx]

+1 I just wanted to open a new issue, but I saw this. Is there any progress on it?