HTML Canvas 2D Context level 1 status

Brief history:

  * FPWD as a part of HTML: 22 January 2008
  * FPWD as a separate document: 4 March 2010
  * CR drafts published on the following dates:
   * 17 December 2012
   * 6 August 2013
   * 21 August 2014
  * WD last updated: 13 November 2014

At the current time, two items remain open: addHitRegion and 
drawFocusIfNeeded.

Regarding addHitRegion:

  * There are a number of tests which have yet to be written/run
  * One known implementation (Mozilla)
  * No outlook for completion

Regarding drawFocusIfNeeded:

  * There is one test[1] that has yet to be run
  * Of the tests that are run, there is one full implementation
    (Mozilla) and one implementation (Chrome) that is one bugfix away
    from being complete.
  * On that bug, it is not clear that the implementor knows what is
    expected of them[2].
  * Outlook is that this can be wrapped up in weeks.

Additionally, as there hasn't been much in the way of editing work to be 
done lately, we note that the editors that were working on Canvas have 
moved on to other things.

There seemed to be general agreement that if there were implementor 
movement on Canvas Level 2 that it could be published as a 
Recommendation within 6 months of Level 1 being published.

Given this status, we have rough consensus on the following plan:

  * ACTION: Richard to ensure that the remaining test[1] is run

  * ACTION: Richard to provide input on the canvas bug[2] so that the
    implementor knows what needs to be fixed.

  * addHitRegion moved to Canvas Level 2 with the understanding that a
    Canvas Level 2 Working Draft including this function be published
    concurrently with a Canvas Level 1 Recommendation.

More details are available in the HTML A11y TF minutes:

   http://www.w3.org/2015/02/12-html-a11y-minutes.html#item07

- Sam Ruby

[1] 
https://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Canvas_Task_Force/CR-Test#drawFocusIfNeeded_when_a_default_path_is_provided_and_the_associated_fallback_element_is_descendant_of_the_element_with_focus._Scroll_the_window_so_that_the_canvas_moves
[2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=425149#c5

Received on Thursday, 12 February 2015 17:56:34 UTC