[whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

• From: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
• Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:40:41 -0500
• Message-ID: <AANLkTikmyaqM42EDVuWFsQwAt7hP2q3bKbt5-tR+01ax@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Aryeh Gregor
<Simetrical+w3c at gmail.com<Simetrical%2Bw3c at gmail.com>
> wrote:

> 1) Are there real-world use-cases for multiple Ranges per Selection,
> or was it just an attempt to be as general as possible?
>
> 2) Have WebKit or Opera run into any websites that depend on being
> able to use multiple Ranges per Selection?
>

For what it's worth, the only thing I've noticed this used for is hijacking
copy events and adding ads to copied text (by appending a hidden div to the
selection), which is infuriating.  Unfortunately, methods of doing this
without ranges do exist; this just makes it easier...

-- 
Glenn Maynard

Received on Friday, 28 January 2011 14:40:41 UTC