# Content-Security-Policy: sandbox directive — Syntax

> where can optionally be one of the following values allow-downloads : Allows downloading files through an {{HTMLElement("a")}} or {{HTMLElement("area")}} element with the download attribute, as well as through the navigation that leads to a download of a file.

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where can optionally be one of the following values

allow-downloads : Allows downloading files through an {{HTMLElement("a")}} or {{HTMLElement("area")}} element with the download attribute, as well as through the navigation that leads to a download of a file. This works regardless of whether the user clicked on the link, or JS code initiated it without user interaction. allow-forms : Allows the page to submit forms. If this keyword is not used, form will be displayed as normal, but submitting it will not trigger input validation, sending data to a web server or closing a dialog. allow-modals : Allows the page to open modal windows by {{domxref("Window.alert()")}}, {{domxref("Window.confirm()")}}, {{domxref("Window.print()")}} and {{domxref("Window.prompt()")}}, while opening a {{HTMLElement("dialog")}} is allowed regardless of this keyword. It also allows the page to receive {{domxref("BeforeUnloadEvent")}} event. allow-orientation-lock : Lets the resource lock the screen orientation. allow-pointer-lock : Allows the page to use the Pointer Lock API. allow-popups : Allows popups (created, for example, by {{domxref("Window.open()")}} or target="_blank"). If this keyword is not used, popup display will silently fail. allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox : Allows a sandboxed document to open new windows without forcing the sandboxing flags upon them. This will allow, for example, a third-party advertisement to be safely sandboxed without forcing the same restrictions upon the page the ad links to. allow-presentation : Allows embedders to have control over whether an iframe can start a presentation session. allow-same-origin : Allows a sandboxed resource to retain its {{Glossary("origin")}}. A sandboxed resource is otherwise treated as being from an opaque origin, which ensures that it will always fail {{Glossary("same-origin policy")}} checks, and hence cannot access localstorage and document.cookie and some JavaScript APIs. The {{httpheader("Origin")}} of sandboxed resources without the allow-same-origin keyword is null. allow-scripts : Allows the page to run scripts (but not create pop-up windows). If this keyword is not used, this operation is not allowed. allow-storage-access-by-user-activation {{experimental_inline}} : Lets the resource request access to the parent's storage capabilities with the Storage Access API. …

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