Pointer Events Working Group - Activity in 2020

Lifecycle

• 1 charter extension.

  • 18 December 2020

    Charter extended until 31 March 2021.

    Announcement

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 3 issues opened.

  • 16 December 2020

    Reserved pointerIds for special cases w3c/pointerevents#343, by @mustaqahmed.

  • 16 December 2020

    "The pointerId value of zero is reserved to indicate events that were generated by something other than a pointing device." is backwards incompatible change w3c/pointerevents#342, by @smaug----.

  • 14 December 2020

    The order in which the `contextmenu` `auxclick` event is triggered w3c/pointerevents#614, by @mantou132.

• 1 issue closed.

  • 18 December 2020

    "The pointerId value of zero is reserved to indicate events that were generated by something other than a pointing device." is backwards incompatible change w3c/pointerevents#342.

• 5 issues received 17 new comments.

  • Latest comment 18 December 2020

    Reserved pointerIds for special cases w3c/pointerevents#343 (10 comments by @liviutinta, @mustaqahmed, @patrickhlauke, @smaug----)

  • Latest comment 29 December 2020

    Release Implicit Capture, Capture at Ancestor Element w3c/pointerevents#327 (3 comments by @joyzhong, @msalsbery, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 15 December 2020

    touch-action doesn't allow for press-hold-drag UX w3c/pointerevents#178 (2 comments by @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

  • 18 December 2020

    "The pointerId value of zero is reserved to indicate events that were generated by something other than a pointing device." is backwards incompatible change w3c/pointerevents#342 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 18 December 2020

    The order in which the `contextmenu` `auxclick` event is triggered w3c/pointerevents#614 (1 comment by @saschanaz)
• 1 pull request opened.

  • 14 December 2020

    Typo w3c/pointerevents#341, by @patrickhlauke.

• 2 pull requests merged.

  • 14 December 2020

    Typo w3c/pointerevents#341.

  • 14 December 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317.

• 1 pull request received 9 new comments.

  • Latest comment 16 December 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317 (9 comments by @mustaqahmed, @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke, @smaug----)

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 2 issues opened.

  • 18 November 2020

    Proposal: a way of tracking pointer position on pan/zoom touch-action w3c/pointerevents#339, by @samuelmtimbo.

  • 2 November 2020

    mousemove and preventDefault() w3c/pointerevents#638, by @annevk.

• 3 issues closed.

  • 11 November 2020

    Should getCoalescedEvents() return always the same objects or new instances with same data? w3c/pointerevents#227.

  • 11 November 2020

    Standardize CSS pseudoclass behavior for touch w3c/pointerevents#123.

  • 11 November 2020

    Set touch-action to allow web pages opt out Android back gesture w3c/pointerevents#295.

• 9 issues received 15 new comments.

  • Latest comment 11 November 2020

    Changing the DOM hierarchy while handling a "pointerenter" event produces significantly different results across browsers w3c/pointerevents#285 (5 comments by @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke, @samuelmtimbo, @smaug----)

  • Latest comment 15 November 2020

    Expose 'inertial scrolling state' in wheel events w3c/pointerevents#587 (2 comments by @aeharding, @lorenbrichter)

  • Latest comment 11 November 2020

    touch-action and scrolling directional lock w3c/pointerevents#303 (2 comments by @lincolnthree, @patrickhlauke)

  • 25 November 2020

    touch-action doesn't allow for press-hold-drag UX w3c/pointerevents#178 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 14 November 2020

    Extend pointer events to support raw trackpad data w3c/pointerevents#206 (1 comment by @aeharding)

  • 11 November 2020

    Release Implicit Capture, Capture at Ancestor Element w3c/pointerevents#327 (1 comment by @msalsbery)

  • 11 November 2020

    Set touch-action to allow web pages opt out Android back gesture w3c/pointerevents#295 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 11 November 2020

    Some tests don't work properly with mobile-sized viewports w3c/pointerevents#139 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 4 November 2020

    Should "click", "dblclick" and "contextmenu" events be PointerEvents? w3c/pointerevents#100 (1 comment by @garykac)
• 1 pull request opened.

  • 23 November 2020

    Typos w3c/pointerevents#340, by @patrickhlauke.

• 1 pull request merged.

  • 26 November 2020

    Typos w3c/pointerevents#340.

• 2 pull requests received 7 new comments.

  • Latest comment 25 November 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317 (5 comments by @mustaqahmed, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 26 November 2020

    Typos w3c/pointerevents#340 (2 comments by @patrickhlauke)

TR publications

• 1 document published.

  • 1 October 2020

    Pointer Events published as a Working Draft. History of Pointer Events

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 1 issue opened.

  • 12 October 2020

    How pointer capture should behave on draggable element? w3c/pointerevents#338, by @EdgarChen.

• 2 issues closed.

  • 12 October 2020

    How pointer capture should behave on draggable element? w3c/pointerevents#338.

  • 1 October 2020

    Please don't <dfn> Element w3c/pointerevents#333.

• 4 issues received 7 new comments.

  • Latest comment 12 October 2020

    How pointer capture should behave on draggable element? w3c/pointerevents#338 (3 comments by @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 1 October 2020

    Please don't <dfn> Element w3c/pointerevents#333 (2 comments by @annevk, @marcoscaceres)

  • 30 October 2020

    Should "click", "dblclick" and "contextmenu" events be PointerEvents? w3c/pointerevents#100 (1 comment by @liviutinta)

  • 29 October 2020

    Expose 'direction-inversion' in wheel events w3c/pointerevents#586 (1 comment by @devongovett)
• 2 pull requests opened.

  • 1 October 2020

    Re-enable automatic publishing w3c/pointerevents#337, by @plehegar.

  • 1 October 2020

    Editorial: remove bad dfn overrides w3c/pointerevents#336, by @marcoscaceres.

• 2 pull requests merged.

  • 1 October 2020

    Re-enable automatic publishing w3c/pointerevents#337.

  • 1 October 2020

    Editorial: remove bad dfn overrides w3c/pointerevents#336.

• 2 pull requests received 6 new comments.

  • Latest comment 9 October 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317 (4 comments by @liviutinta, @NavidZ, @smaug----)

  • Latest comment 1 October 2020

    Editorial: remove bad dfn overrides w3c/pointerevents#336 (2 comments by @marcoscaceres)

TR publications

• 1 document published.

  • 21 September 2020

    Pointer Events published as a Working Draft. History of Pointer Events

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 2 issues opened.

  • 29 September 2020

    Please don't <dfn> Element w3c/pointerevents#333, by @annevk.

  • 16 September 2020

    Mouse back/forward buttons: page navigation or JS events? w3c/pointerevents#632, by @smaug----.

• 2 issues closed.

  • 30 September 2020

    The behavior of `touch-action: none` on <iframe> is unclear w3c/pointerevents#325.

  • 16 September 2020

    setPointerCapture should be disabled in sandboxed iframes by default w3c/pointerevents#16.

• 7 issues received 17 new comments.

  • Latest comment 30 September 2020

    The behavior of `touch-action: none` on <iframe> is unclear w3c/pointerevents#325 (6 comments by @mustaqahmed, @patrickhlauke, @smaug----, @staktrace)

  • Latest comment 30 September 2020

    Please don't <dfn> Element w3c/pointerevents#333 (5 comments by @annevk, @patrickhlauke, @plehegar)

  • Latest comment 16 September 2020

    Stylus eraser: should it be a new pointerType instead of a button state? w3c/pointerevents#134 (2 comments by @patrickhlauke, @smaug----)

  • 16 September 2020

    setPointerCapture should be disabled in sandboxed iframes by default w3c/pointerevents#16 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 16 September 2020

    Changing the DOM hierarchy while handling a "pointerenter" event produces significantly different results across browsers w3c/pointerevents#285 (1 comment by @smaug----)

  • 2 September 2020

    Mouse back/forward buttons: page navigation or JS events? w3c/pointerevents#191 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 1 September 2020

    Extend pointer events to support raw trackpad data w3c/pointerevents#206 (1 comment by @porg)
• 5 pull requests opened.

  • 30 September 2020

    Simplified config for group w3c/pointerevents#335, by @plehegar.

  • 30 September 2020

    Add note about touch-action and iframe/embedded browsing contexts w3c/pointerevents#334, by @patrickhlauke.

  • 16 September 2020

    Fixed MDN config, per https://github.com/w3c/respec/wiki/mdn w3c/pointerevents#332, by @plehegar.

  • 16 September 2020

    Config for ECHIDNA and travis w3c/pointerevents#331, by @plehegar.

  • 15 September 2020

    Use defer and make sure to point to patent policy 2020 w3c/pointerevents#330, by @plehegar.

• 5 pull requests merged.

  • 30 September 2020

    Simplified config for group w3c/pointerevents#335.

  • 30 September 2020

    Add note about touch-action and iframe/embedded browsing contexts w3c/pointerevents#334.

  • 16 September 2020

    Config for ECHIDNA and travis w3c/pointerevents#331.

  • 16 September 2020

    Fixed MDN config, per https://github.com/w3c/respec/wiki/mdn w3c/pointerevents#332.

  • 15 September 2020

    Use defer and make sure to point to patent policy 2020 w3c/pointerevents#330.

• 2 pull requests received 2 new comments.

  • 16 September 2020

    Config for ECHIDNA and travis w3c/pointerevents#331 (1 comment by @sidvishnoi)

  • 15 September 2020

    Use defer and make sure to point to patent policy 2020 w3c/pointerevents#330 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

Participants

• 1 chair appointed.

  • 5 August 2020

    Patrick Lauke became a chair.

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 2 issues opened.

  • 12 August 2020

    Specify exactly how event coalescing works w3c/pointerevents#328, by @smfr.

  • 11 August 2020

    Release Implicit Capture, Capture at Ancestor Element w3c/pointerevents#327, by @msalsbery.

• 4 issues closed.

  • 19 August 2020

    How best to inflate hit targets for touch? w3c/pointerevents#126.

  • 19 August 2020

    Should DragEvent be upgraded to a PointerEvent? w3c/pointerevents#106.

  • 19 August 2020

    Explore unifying web-platform-test automation logic w3c/pointerevents#120.

  • 5 August 2020

    Define event order relative to RAF? w3c/pointerevents#9.

• 12 issues received 20 new comments.

  • Latest comment 12 August 2020

    Release Implicit Capture, Capture at Ancestor Element w3c/pointerevents#327 (6 comments by @liviutinta, @msalsbery, @NavidZ)

  • Latest comment 31 August 2020

    Should "click", "dblclick" and "contextmenu" events be PointerEvents? w3c/pointerevents#100 (2 comments by @mustaqahmed, @NavidZ)

  • Latest comment 29 August 2020

    touch-action and scrolling directional lock w3c/pointerevents#303 (2 comments by @lincolnthree, @NavidZ)

  • Latest comment 5 August 2020

    Need clarification how mouseenter/leave should behave while modifying DOM tree during event dispatch w3c/pointerevents#613 (2 comments by @garykac, @smaug----)

  • 25 August 2020

    Changing the DOM hierarchy while handling a "pointerenter" event produces significantly different results across browsers w3c/pointerevents#285 (1 comment by @garykac)

  • 19 August 2020

    How best to inflate hit targets for touch? w3c/pointerevents#126 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 19 August 2020

    How to determine when a tap is impossible w3c/pointerevents#124 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 19 August 2020

    Standardize CSS pseudoclass behavior for touch w3c/pointerevents#123 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 19 August 2020

    Should DragEvent be upgraded to a PointerEvent? w3c/pointerevents#106 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 19 August 2020

    Explore unifying web-platform-test automation logic w3c/pointerevents#120 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 18 August 2020

    The behavior of `touch-action: none` on <iframe> is unclear w3c/pointerevents#325 (1 comment by @mustaqahmed)

  • 5 August 2020

    Define event order relative to RAF? w3c/pointerevents#9 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)
• 1 pull request opened.

  • 18 August 2020

    Editorial: Align with Web IDL specification w3c/pointerevents#329, by @autokagami.

• 1 pull request merged.

  • 18 August 2020

    Editorial: Align with Web IDL specification w3c/pointerevents#329.

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 1 issue opened.

  • 1 July 2020

    The behavior of `touch-action: none` on <iframe> is unclear w3c/pointerevents#325, by @graouts.

• 3 issues closed.

  • 15 July 2020

    Update spec to new IDL syntax for optional dictionaries w3c/pointerevents#296.

  • 14 July 2020

    It is not possible to generate one set of angle values from other set w3c/pointerevents#321.

  • 14 July 2020

    should altitudeAngle default to 0 or pi/2 when not supported? w3c/pointerevents#320.

• 12 issues received 24 new comments.

  • Latest comment 25 July 2020

    Need clarification how mouseenter/leave should behave while modifying DOM tree during event dispatch w3c/pointerevents#613 (4 comments by @garykac, @smaug----)

  • Latest comment 14 July 2020

    Add WheelEvent#wheelDelta/wheelDeltaX/wheelDeltaY w3c/pointerevents#590 (4 comments by @foolip, @mustaqahmed)

  • Latest comment 15 July 2020

    Update spec to new IDL syntax for optional dictionaries w3c/pointerevents#296 (3 comments by @Ms2ger, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 29 July 2020

    tiltX and tiltY aren't as helpful as just having altitude angle w3c/pointerevents#274 (2 comments by @grorg, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 22 July 2020

    The behavior of `touch-action: none` on <iframe> is unclear w3c/pointerevents#325 (2 comments by @mustaqahmed, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 14 July 2020

    It is not possible to generate one set of angle values from other set w3c/pointerevents#321 (2 comments by @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 1 July 2020

    Clarify whether a click event should be dispatched for `control` + click in Mac OS w3c/pointerevents#581 (2 comments by @EdgarChen, @garykac)

  • 27 July 2020

    Need algorithm for how mouse click events are fired w3c/pointerevents#579 (1 comment by @garykac)

  • 22 July 2020

    touch-action and scrolling directional lock w3c/pointerevents#303 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 22 July 2020

    Changing the DOM hierarchy while handling a "pointerenter" event produces significantly different results across browsers w3c/pointerevents#285 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 14 July 2020

    should altitudeAngle default to 0 or pi/2 when not supported? w3c/pointerevents#320 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 3 July 2020

    Touch/Trackpad finger position w3c/pointerevents#228 (1 comment by @abemilk)
• 1 pull request opened.

  • 13 July 2020

    Change PHL company affiliation w3c/pointerevents#326, by @patrickhlauke.

• 3 pull requests merged.

  • 13 July 2020

    Change PHL company affiliation w3c/pointerevents#326.

  • 13 July 2020

    Update azimuth/altitude/tiltX/tiltY to not require default values in pointer events web idl w3c/pointerevents#323.

  • 13 July 2020

    Fix tilt to sperical calculation. w3c/pointerevents#324.

• 2 pull requests received 4 new comments.

  • Latest comment 15 July 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317 (3 comments by @patrickhlauke)

  • 8 July 2020

    Update azimuth/altitude/tiltX/tiltY to not require default values in pointer events web idl w3c/pointerevents#323 (1 comment by @NavidZ)

Participants

• 1 chair stepped down.

  • 24 June 2020

    Patrick Lauke stepped down as a chair.

• 1 participant joined.

  • 24 June 2020

    Patrick Lauke (TetraLogical Services Ltd) joined.

• 1 participant left.

  • 24 June 2020

    Patrick Lauke (TetraLogical Services Ltd) left.

• 1 organization joined.

  • 24 June 2020

    TetraLogical Services Ltd joined.

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 1 pull request opened.

  • 30 June 2020

    Fix tilt to sperical calculation. w3c/pointerevents#324, by @mustaqahmed.

• 2 pull requests received 16 new comments.

  • Latest comment 26 June 2020

    Update azimuth/altitude/tiltX/tiltY to not require default values in pointer events web idl w3c/pointerevents#323 (15 comments by @liviutinta, @mustaqahmed, @NavidZ)

  • 30 June 2020

    Fix tilt to sperical calculation. w3c/pointerevents#324 (1 comment by @mustaqahmed)

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 1 issue opened.

  • 20 May 2020

    Clarify whether a click event should be dispatched for `control` + click in Mac OS w3c/pointerevents#581, by @EdgarChen.

• 2 issues received 19 new comments.

  • Latest comment 13 May 2020

    It is not possible to generate one set of angle values from other set w3c/pointerevents#321 (18 comments by @domenic, @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

  • 27 May 2020

    should altitudeAngle default to 0 or pi/2 when not supported? w3c/pointerevents#320 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)
• 2 pull requests opened.

  • 28 May 2020

    Update azimuth/altitude/tiltX/tiltY to not require default values in pointer events web idl w3c/pointerevents#323, by @liviutinta.

  • 25 May 2020

    Translate between tiltX/tiltY and azimuth/altitude. Fixes #321 w3c/pointerevents#322, by @liviutinta.

• 1 pull request closed.

  • 27 May 2020

    Translate between tiltX/tiltY and azimuth/altitude. Fixes #321 w3c/pointerevents#322.

• 1 pull request received 11 new comments.

  • Latest comment 27 May 2020

    Translate between tiltX/tiltY and azimuth/altitude. Fixes #321 w3c/pointerevents#322 (11 comments by @domenic, @liviutinta, @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke, @plehegar)

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 3 issues opened.

  • 29 April 2020

    It is not possible to generate one set of angle values from other set w3c/pointerevents#321, by @NavidZ.

  • 24 April 2020

    should altitudeAngle default to 0 or pi/2 when not supported? w3c/pointerevents#320, by @patrickhlauke.

  • 14 April 2020

    touch-action:none and overflow:auto w3c/pointerevents#319, by @liviutinta.

• 2 issues closed.

  • 23 April 2020

    tiltX and tiltY aren't as helpful as just having altitude angle w3c/pointerevents#274.

  • 18 April 2020

    Limit pointerrawupdate and getCoalescedEvents API to secure origins w3c/pointerevents#277.

• 2 issues received 9 new comments.

  • Latest comment 16 April 2020

    touch-action:none and overflow:auto w3c/pointerevents#319 (7 comments by @bokand, @liviutinta, @NavidZ, @theres-waldo)

  • Latest comment 24 April 2020

    should altitudeAngle default to 0 or pi/2 when not supported? w3c/pointerevents#320 (2 comments by @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)
• 2 pull requests merged.

  • 23 April 2020

    add altitudeAngle/azimuthAngle w3c/pointerevents#316.

  • 18 April 2020

    Add secure context criteria to pointerrawupdate and getCoalescedEvents w3c/pointerevents#318.

• 2 pull requests received 26 new comments.

  • Latest comment 24 April 2020

    add altitudeAngle/azimuthAngle w3c/pointerevents#316 (24 comments by @liviutinta, @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 20 April 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317 (2 comments by @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 2 pull requests opened.

  • 19 March 2020

    Add secure context criteria to pointerrawupdate and getCoalescedEvents w3c/pointerevents#318, by @NavidZ.

  • 9 March 2020

    Change the type of click, auxclick, and contextmenu to PointerEvent w3c/pointerevents#317, by @NavidZ.

• 2 pull requests received 17 new comments.

  • Latest comment 31 March 2020

    add altitudeAngle/azimuthAngle w3c/pointerevents#316 (13 comments by @liviutinta, @NavidZ, @patrickhlauke)

  • Latest comment 19 March 2020

    Add secure context criteria to pointerrawupdate and getCoalescedEvents w3c/pointerevents#318 (4 comments by @domenic, @NavidZ)

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 1 issue closed.

  • 19 February 2020

    Consider a simple API for low-latency pointer trails w3c/pointerevents#204.

• 7 issues received 9 new comments.

  • Latest comment 19 February 2020

    Consider a simple API for low-latency pointer trails w3c/pointerevents#204 (3 comments by @dlibby-, @patrickhlauke, @smaug----)

  • 19 February 2020

    How is pointer event ctor supposed to work when coalescedEvents is passed using the PointerEventInit w3c/pointerevents#223 (1 comment by @smaug----)

  • 19 February 2020

    Should getCoalescedEvents() return always the same objects or new instances with same data? w3c/pointerevents#227 (1 comment by @smaug----)

  • 19 February 2020

    Limit pointerrawupdate and getCoalescedEvents API to secure origins w3c/pointerevents#277 (1 comment by @smaug----)

  • 19 February 2020

    How best to inflate hit targets for touch? w3c/pointerevents#126 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 19 February 2020

    Define event order relative to RAF? w3c/pointerevents#9 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)

  • 19 February 2020

    tiltX and tiltY aren't as helpful as just having altitude angle w3c/pointerevents#274 (1 comment by @patrickhlauke)
• 2 pull requests opened.

  • 17 February 2020

    add altitudeAngle/azimuthAngle w3c/pointerevents#316, by @patrickhlauke.

  • 5 February 2020

    Various README updates w3c/pointerevents#315, by @plehegar.

• 1 pull request merged.

  • 5 February 2020

    Various README updates w3c/pointerevents#315.

• 1 pull request received 1 new comment.

  • 19 February 2020

    add altitudeAngle/azimuthAngle w3c/pointerevents#316 (1 comment by @NavidZ)

GitHub

w3c/pointerevents

• 1 issue opened.

  • 8 January 2020

    `wheel` event listeners cannot prevent default scroll only along specific direction w3c/pointerevents#594, by @masayuki-nakano.