- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:27 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Nathan wrote: > > rel=sidebar : > The sidebar keyword indicates that the referenced document, if retrieved, is > intended to be shown in a secondary browsing context (if possible), instead of > in the current browsing context. > > So if the referenced document is shown in a secondary browsing context (will > call it a sidebar from here), then: > > - do links within that referenced document display in the sidebar, or in the > main browsing context (unsure of the correct term here) > > - if a link in that referenced document now shown in the sidebar has a > rel=sidebar, what happens? does this indicate another third browsing context > is created (and thus scope for recursion and infinite browsing contexts) or > does it open in the already opened sidebar > > - (i fear the answer to this one may lie in the previous question) is there > then scope for rel=main? are there any plans for more than two browsing > contexts? for instance could there logically be a primary context with > sidebar, then another below (think a firebug type display in the bottom half > of the window) These are all good questions, but the answer in each case is basically "it's up to the browser". Secondary browsing contexts are browser-specific features. They've been experimented with over the years, but have never really taken off. Unless they do, I don't think we should try to restrict how they work. Best to leave it open for now. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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