Re: WebEvents-ISSUE-13: What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change? [Touch Events spec]

I committed this proposal in
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webevents/rev/96b646535d4e

On 04/06/2011 12:30 AM, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> On 04/04/2011 12:59 PM, Web Events Working Group Issue Tracker wrote:
>> What events, if any, should fire when other attributes of a touch
>> point changes? This includes the size and shape of the touch area
>> (radiusX, radiusY, rotationAngle) and the force being applied.
>
> I suggest that we use the "touchmove" event in these cases, for the
> following reasons:
>
> 1) It will probably be common for the shape and location of the touch
> point to change at the same time. I think it will be simpler to use a
> single event to communicate this, rather than two events.
>
> 2) Changes in size and orientation of the touch point are arguably a
> form of movement.
>
> 3) I do not forsee any problems caused by "touchmove" events that do not
> cause changes in the X/Y coordinates of a TouchPoint, especially since
> this already happens in the case where one touch point moves and another
> does not.
>
>> This could also potentially include the depression of the modififer
>  > keys (alt/ctrl/meta/shift), even if those attributes are moved to
>  > the TouchEvent interface as is being discussed in ISSUE-12.
>
> I think the user agent should *not* dispatch a "touchmove" event (or
> other touch event) when the only input is a depressed or released
> modifier key. Standard keydown/keyup events can be used for this instead.
>

Received on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 17:46:55 UTC