- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:11:35 +0100
- To: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>
- Cc: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
Danny Ayers, Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:47:23 +0100: > No further information on this has been forthcoming on list, so I'd > like to ask the Editor directly regarding the following: > >> Bug 13942 - Allow @autofocus on any element with @tabindex >> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13942 > >> Status: Rejected >> Change Description: no spec change >> Rationale: Let's see how people do with autofocus on <input> before >> we start making it even easier to move focus around. > > The implication is that the bug will be revisited at some point in the > future. That's how I interpret it too. > So when will that be on the Milestone timeline? > > If the intent is actually that the bug should be closed permanently > within the scope of HTML5, then the rationale is unsatisfactory: the > question of why further support for autofocus is not desirable isn't > addressed, leaving the proposal standing unchallenged - for which the > appropriate resolution isn't WONTFIX. I don't know if there is formal border between HTML5 bugs and HTMLnext bugs, that way? -- Leif Halvard Silli
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