[Bug 13520] New: Drag and Drop without a pointing device

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13520

           Summary: Drag and Drop without a pointing device
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: akirkpat@adobe.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


at http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/dnd.html#dnd
The Drag and Drop description around pointing devices is too restrictive and
suggests that browsers only need to support non-mouse operations on devices
without a mouse.  This functionality needs to be available for obligatory
keyboard users even on systems that support a mouse.

Current:
7.7 Drag and Drop: On media without a pointing device, the user would probably
have to explicitly indicate his intention to perform a drag-and-drop operation,
stating what he wishes to drag and where he wishes to drop it, respectively.

Recommend change to:
“Drag and drop operations must be able to be accomplished without a pointing
device.   The user would probably have to explicitly indicate his intention to
perform a drag-and-drop operation, stating what he wishes to drag and where he
wishes to drop it, respectively.”

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Received on Tuesday, 2 August 2011 11:56:14 UTC