Re: ISSUE-44 (EventsAndWindow): Should DOM3 Events cover the interaction of events and the Window object? [DOM3 Events]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Olli Pettay wrote:
> 
> Could we actually just say that if document implements DocumentView 
> interface and .defaultView isn't null and implements EventTarget, the 
> event propagates to .defaultView. So in that case defaultView becomes 
> the root of the event target chain (if the target of the event is bound 
> to document). No need to mention Window, since AbstractView is already 
> defined in DOM2 Views[1]. HTML5 defines that AbstractView must also 
> implement Window and EventTarget interfaces. [2]

Fine by me, so long as the result is compatible with most UAs.

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Received on Thursday, 7 August 2008 19:47:53 UTC