feat: add experimental hardware back button support in browsers

core/src/components/app/app.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ComponentInterface } from '@stencil/core';
 import { Build, Component, Element, Host, Method, h } from '@stencil/core';
 import type { FocusVisibleUtility } from '@utils/focus-visible';
+import { shoudUseCloseWatcher } from '@utils/hardware-back-button';
 import { isPlatform } from '@utils/platform';
 
 import { config } from '../../global/config';
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ export class App implements ComponentInterface {
           import('../../utils/input-shims/input-shims').then((module) => module.startInputShims(config, platform));
         }
         const hardwareBackButtonModule = await import('../../utils/hardware-back-button');
-        if (config.getBoolean('hardwareBackButton', isHybrid)) {
+        const supportsHardwareBackButtonEvents = isHybrid || shoudUseCloseWatcher;
+        if (config.getBoolean('hardwareBackButton', supportsHardwareBackButtonEvents)) {
           hardwareBackButtonModule.startHardwareBackButton();
         } else {
           hardwareBackButtonModule.blockHardwareBackButton();

core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ComponentInterface, EventEmitter } from '@stencil/core';
 import { Build, Component, Element, Event, Host, Listen, Method, Prop, State, Watch, h } from '@stencil/core';
 import { getTimeGivenProgression } from '@utils/animation/cubic-bezier';
 import { GESTURE_CONTROLLER } from '@utils/gesture';
+import { shoudUseCloseWatcher } from '@utils/hardware-back-button';
 import type { Attributes } from '@utils/helpers';
 import { inheritAriaAttributes, assert, clamp, isEndSide as isEnd } from '@utils/helpers';
 import { menuController } from '@utils/menu-controller';
@@ -321,7 +322,6 @@ export class Menu implements ComponentInterface, MenuI {
     }
   }
 
-  @Listen('keydown')
   onKeydown(ev: KeyboardEvent) {
     if (ev.key === 'Escape') {
       this.close();
@@ -781,8 +781,14 @@ export class Menu implements ComponentInterface, MenuI {
     const { type, disabled, isPaneVisible, inheritedAttributes, side } = this;
     const mode = getIonMode(this);
 
+    /**
+     * If the Close Watcher is enabled then
+     * the ionBackButton listener in the menu controller
+     * will handle closing the menu when Escape is pressed.
+     */
     return (
       <Host
+        onKeyDown={shoudUseCloseWatcher ? null : this.onKeydown}
         role="navigation"
         aria-label={inheritedAttributes['aria-label'] || 'menu'}
         class={{

core/src/utils/browser/index.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,32 @@ type IonicEvents = {
   ): void;
 };
 
-type IonicWindow = Window & IonicEvents;
+export interface CloseWatcher extends EventTarget {
+  new (options?: CloseWatcherOptions): any;
+  requestClose(): void;
+  close(): void;
+  destroy(): void;
+
+  oncancel: (event: Event) => void | null;
+  onclose: (event: Event) => void | null;
+}
+
+interface CloseWatcherOptions {
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Experimental browser features that
+ * are selectively used inside of Ionic
+ * Since they are experimental they typically
+ * do not have types yet, so we can add custom ones
+ * here until types are available.
+ */
+type ExperimentalWindowFeatures = {
+  CloseWatcher?: CloseWatcher;
+};
+
+type IonicWindow = Window & IonicEvents & ExperimentalWindowFeatures;
 type IonicDocument = Document & IonicEvents;
 
 export const win: IonicWindow | undefined = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window : undefined;

core/src/utils/config.ts

@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ export interface IonicConfig {
    */
   platform?: PlatformConfig;
 
+  /**
+   * @experimental
+   * If `true`, the [CloseWatcher API](https://github.com/WICG/close-watcher) will be used to handle
+   * all Escape key and hardware back button presses to dismiss menus and overlays and to navigate.
+   * Note that the `hardwareBackButton` config option must also be `true`.
+   */
+  experimentalCloseWatcher?: boolean;
+
   // PRIVATE configs
   keyboardHeight?: number;
   inputShims?: boolean;

core/src/utils/hardware-back-button.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import { win } from '@utils/browser';
+import type { CloseWatcher } from '@utils/browser';
+
+import { config } from '../global/config';
+
 // TODO(FW-2832): type
 type Handler = (processNextHandler: () => void) => Promise<any> | void | null;
 
@@ -13,6 +18,15 @@ interface HandlerRegister {
   id: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * CloseWatcher is a newer API that lets
+ * use detect the hardware back button event
+ * in a web browser: https://caniuse.com/?search=closewatcher
+ * However, not every browser supports it yet.
+ */
+export const shoudUseCloseWatcher =
+  config.get('experimentalCloseWatcher', false) && win !== undefined && 'CloseWatcher' in win;
+
 /**
  * When hardwareBackButton: false in config,
  * we need to make sure we also block the default
@@ -29,9 +43,9 @@ export const blockHardwareBackButton = () => {
 
 export const startHardwareBackButton = () => {
   const doc = document;
-
   let busy = false;
-  doc.addEventListener('backbutton', () => {
+
+  const backButtonCallback = () => {
     if (busy) {
       return;
     }
@@ -81,7 +95,38 @@ export const startHardwareBackButton = () => {
     };
 
     processHandlers();
-  });
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * If the CloseWatcher is defined then
+   * we don't want to also listen for the native
+   * backbutton event otherwise we may get duplicate
+   * events firing.
+   */
+  if (shoudUseCloseWatcher) {
+    let watcher: CloseWatcher | undefined;
+
+    const configureWatcher = () => {
+      watcher?.destroy();
+      watcher = new win!.CloseWatcher!();
+
+      /**
+       * Once a close request happens
+       * the watcher gets destroyed.
+       * As a result, we need to re-configure
+       * the watcher so we can respond to other
+       * close requests.
+       */
+      watcher!.onclose = () => {
+        backButtonCallback();
+        configureWatcher();
+      };
+    };
+
+    configureWatcher();
+  } else {
+    doc.addEventListener('backbutton', backButtonCallback);
+  }
 };
 
 export const OVERLAY_BACK_BUTTON_PRIORITY = 100;

core/src/utils/overlays.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { doc } from '@utils/browser';
 import type { BackButtonEvent } from '@utils/hardware-back-button';
+import { shoudUseCloseWatcher } from '@utils/hardware-back-button';
 
 import { config } from '../global/config';
 import { getIonMode } from '../global/ionic-global';
@@ -353,20 +354,39 @@ const connectListeners = (doc: Document) => {
       const lastOverlay = getPresentedOverlay(doc);
       if (lastOverlay?.backdropDismiss) {
         (ev as BackButtonEvent).detail.register(OVERLAY_BACK_BUTTON_PRIORITY, () => {
-          return lastOverlay.dismiss(undefined, BACKDROP);
+          /**
+           * Do not return this promise otherwise
+           * the hardware back button utility will
+           * be blocked until the overlay dismisses.
+           * This is important for a modal with canDismiss.
+           * If the application presents a confirmation alert
+           * in the "canDismiss" callback, then it will be impossible
+           * to use the hardware back button to dismiss the alert
+           * dialog because the hardware back button utility
+           * is blocked on waiting for the modal to dismiss.
+           */
+          lastOverlay.dismiss(undefined, BACKDROP);
         });
       }
     });
 
-    // handle ESC to close overlay
-    doc.addEventListener('keydown', (ev) => {
-      if (ev.key === 'Escape') {
-        const lastOverlay = getPresentedOverlay(doc);
-        if (lastOverlay?.backdropDismiss) {
-          lastOverlay.dismiss(undefined, BACKDROP);
+    /**
+     * Handle ESC to close overlay
+     * CloseWatcher also handles pressing the Esc
+     * key, so if a browser supports CloseWatcher then
+     * this behavior will be handled via the ionBackButton
+     * event.
+     */
+    if (!shoudUseCloseWatcher) {
+      doc.addEventListener('keydown', (ev) => {
+        if (ev.key === 'Escape') {
+          const lastOverlay = getPresentedOverlay(doc);
+          if (lastOverlay?.backdropDismiss) {
+            lastOverlay.dismiss(undefined, BACKDROP);
+          }
         }
-      }
-    });
+      });
+    }
   }
 };