Stuffing HTML in an about: URL with Chrome

Question

In Internet Explorer back in the day you could type this into the URL bar:

about:<body bgcolor=red>

And the screen would turn red.

Is there an equivalent "heredoc" syntax for loading HTML via a URL in Chrome?

Why do you want to do this? – Explosion Pills Aug 12 '14 at 15:01 — Explosion Pills, Aug 12 '14 at 15:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 12 '14 at 15:02

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A data URI, perhaps?

data:text/html,<body bgcolor=red>

Ironically, this does not work on IE, although MSDN claims this is due to security reasons.

answered Aug 12 '14 at 15:02

BoltClock

Love it. I remember we were at a trade show and had a locked-down laptop and no cell phones and needed a timer. BAM! Javascript in the URL. – William Entriken Aug 12 '14 at 15:51

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