Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-ui-4] Change the pointer cursor to indicate any interactive element.

@SelenIT How is the spec not clear?

> 'pointer'
> The cursor is a pointer that indicates a link.

And the general definition of a link is:

> a link from a document to another location or document, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen

The issue is being resolved won't fix means that this text will be kept, and the question about whether this cursor should be used on buttons that do not trigger a navigation is answered as "no, you shouldn't". 

There is agreement between the two vendors building operating systems shipping with cursors (Apple for MacOS and Microsoft for Windows) that the web should not redefine the semantics of these cursors.

ASIDE: Whether the navigation is internal (SPA) or external is not relevant. Links in an iframe have always only navigated in that iframe; single page apps can have their own concept of navigation and it doesn't have to be 1-to-1 mapped to the browser navigation stack but a pointer cursor should reflect some navigation to a new location.

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Received on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 20:35:16 UTC