Does the URI scheme "View Source" cause the browser to load the content of the page?

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Would the URI Scheme "View source" cause the content of a page to be loaded by the browser?

For example, typing in the address bar of Chrome view-source:https://www.google.com would show you the source code for google.com where as typing in https://www.google.com would show you the page we all know.

So my question is related to suspected phishing/malware sites. If I think a particular URL is malicious but want to verify by checking the source code, would going to view-source:https://www.malicioussite.com cause my browser to load the content of that page or not?

I normally use sites like WebSniffer.cc to check but it would be useful if this allowed the same.

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