[highlightsFromPoint] Usage of feature in Chrome

[scblaze]

I am attempting to test the highlightsFromPoint API described here:

https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/highlight/HighlightsFromPointsExplainer.md

According to ChromeStatus it launched in Chrome 135:

https://chromestatus.com/feature/4552801607483392

However, in Chrome 136 CSS.highlights.highlightsFromPoint is undefined for me.

Am I accessing the API incorrectly or has this feature not launched yet in Chrome?

[ffiori]

Hi @scblaze! Thanks for your interest in the API. The feature wasn't shipped in Chrome 135, it's still got the 'Needs work' icon on Chrome roadmap site:

If you want to keep track of the current discussions around it and when it actually ships, this is the link to the intent to ship in Chromium: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/8OpfR1m_zjU/m/4nr01-gBAQAJ
And the chromestatus will be updated accordingly when everything is in place with an estimate on the version it's planned to be included in.

Just FYI, there's a delay in shipping because there's still some work in progress for changing the return type to return the ranges hit for each highlight as well, there'll be updates to the explainer, spec and implementation. This was discussed in the CSSWG: w3c/csswg-drafts#12031

If you want to test the feature that's behind a feature flag that you can enable launching any chromium based browser with --enable-features=HighlightsFromPoint even though the implementation still needs refactoring around the return type as I mentioned above.

[scblaze]

Thank you for this update @ffiori.

We are looking forward to this feature.