Related web view will shared the same web process. this is needed in some cases, like for window.open(9 but it also allows to implement other multi-process models in the app side.
Created attachment 223626 [details] Patch
Thanks for the patch. If this patch contains new public API please make sure it follows the guidelines for new WebKit2 GTK+ API. See http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKitGTK/AddingNewWebKit2API
Comment on attachment 223626 [details] Patch View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=223626&action=review > Source/WebKit2/UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitWebView.cpp:653 > + * > + * The related #WebKitWebView used when creating the view to share the > + * same web process. > + * We should explain here that you can't obtain the related view after the creation, or is the gtk-doc note for a write-only, consctruct-only property enough, you think (I don't recall seeing one)?
(In reply to comment #3) > (From update of attachment 223626 [details]) > View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=223626&action=review > > > Source/WebKit2/UIProcess/API/gtk/WebKitWebView.cpp:653 > > + * > > + * The related #WebKitWebView used when creating the view to share the > > + * same web process. > > + * > > We should explain here that you can't obtain the related view after the creation, or is the gtk-doc note for a write-only, consctruct-only property enough, you think (I don't recall seeing one)? I assumed that being writable/construct only property and the lack of public getter was clear enough, but I'll add a comment in the docs.
Committed r163781: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/163781>