Weekly github digest (HTML specs)

Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+1/-0/💬6)
  1 issues created:
  - li as listitem outside list element (by pkra)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/604 

  3 issues received 6 new comments:
  - #604 li as listitem outside list element (3 by pkra, scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/604 
  - #601 New controls attribute for img element (2 by yoelhawa, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/601 
  - #524 Update UIA mappings for the <label> element (1 by masterownergithub)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/524 

* w3c/html-aria (+1/-1/💬1)
  1 issues created:
  - clarify li in list element with non-list role (by pkra)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/577 

  1 issues received 1 new comments:
  - #411 Updates to aside element (1 by spectranaut)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/411 [Allowed roles] [HTML AAM Related] [agenda] 

  1 issues closed:
  - clarify li in list element with non-list role https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/issues/577 

* whatwg/html (+11/-6/💬57)
  11 issues created:
  - SpellCheck Custom Dictionary / exemptions (by bkardell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12388 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] 
  - Dragging <a href="blob:..." download> should include a File in the drag data store (by janez-resnik)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12387 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Native Popover API: Esc key causes focus loss with nested popovers (by shanthambi)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12386 
  - Drag-andDrop setDragImage offset ambiguities (by jabcreations)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12384 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-23 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12383 [agenda+] 
  - Meeting 41 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12380 
  - `setSelectionRange` for `input type="email"` (by waterplea)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12379 
  - cachehint attribute of <script> for inline script caching (by azaika)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12378 [topic: script] 
  - <img controls> guidance for declaration of alt (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12377 [document conformance] [accessibility] [topic: img] 
  - Expose cancellable event or API to disable browser swipe navigation (horizontal/vertical gestures) (by cullsin)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12374 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-16 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12370 

  29 issues received 57 new comments:
  - #12387 Dragging <a href="blob:..." download> should include a File in the drag data store (1 by janez-resnik)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12387 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #12380 Meeting 41 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12380 
  - #12379 `setSelectionRange` for `input type="email"` (6 by Hixie, Ishankatlam, myakura, waterplea)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12379 
  - #12378 cachehint attribute of <script> for inline script caching (1 by azaika)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12378 [topic: script] 
  - #12377 <img controls> guidance for declaration of alt (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12377 [document conformance] [accessibility] [topic: img] 
  - #12374 Expose cancellable event or API to disable browser swipe navigation (horizontal/vertical gestures) (2 by cullsin, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12374 
  - #12370 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-16 (2 by cwilso, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12370 
  - #12363 Clarify `EventSource` behavior for documents entering and restoring from BFCache (2 by ricea, zp1996)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12363 
  - #12355 What should happen if a popover is shown during the hide of another? (5 by jakearchibald, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12355 [topic: popover] 
  - #12351 Meeting 40 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12351 
  - #12346 What should happen if you open an auto popover 'within' a hint popover? (4 by jakearchibald, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12346 [topic: popover] 
  - #12341 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-09 (1 by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12341 
  - #12328 [Customizable select] Define UA behavior for interactive content inside <option> (2 by sb3nder, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12328 [accessibility] [a11y-tracker] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12286 outline and ::picker(select) (1 by css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12286 [topic: rendering] [topic: focus] [topic: select] 
  - #12273 Overscroll areas via command=toggle-overscroll (1 by css-meeting-bot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12273 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [agenda+] [stage: 1] 
  - #12246 change of the condition under which select element must have placeholder label option (3 by josepharhar, mtrootyy, sb3nder)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12246 [topic: select] 
  - #12224 [forms] Should we reconsider <input type=email>'s selection API support? (2 by annevk, waterplea)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12224 [topic: forms] 
  - #12121 Should appearance: base select button have both `all: unset` and `display: contents` ? (6 by annevk, emilio, josepharhar, nt1m)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12121 [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - #11669 Coherent story for HTML-setting methods (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11669 [topic: parser] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [agenda+] [stage: 2] 
  - #11317 Native playlist support in HTML for `<audio>` and `<video>` (1 by BeeDice)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11317 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11287 Spec text for naturalWidth and naturalHeight behavior isn't web-compatible, for cases where attributes are missing (4 by annevk, dholbert, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11287 [topic: img] [interop] [agenda+] 
  - #11095 row-rule-* properties should inherit to an anonymous fieldset content box (1 by emilio)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11095 [topic: rendering] [topic: fieldset] [agenda+] 
  - #10673 Declarative CSS Modules and Declarative Shadow DOM `adoptedstylesheets` attribute (1 by nasiguddinmiah36-creator)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10673 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: shadow] [topic: script] [stage: 1] [topic: imports/exports] 
  - #6733 Support `<optgroup>` in `<datalist>` (2 by andrerom, timtucker-dte)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6733 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #6421 Should module scripts always fire load events? (1 by theengineear)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6421 [addition/proposal] [topic: script] 
  - #5013 Media element muted attribute is checked at element creation time (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5013 [topic: media] [interop] [agenda+] 
  - #3912 Disable fieldset/legend rendering magic with CSS (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3912 [addition/proposal] [topic: rendering] [needs concrete proposal] [topic: fieldset] 
  - #3797 innerText for <select>, <optgroup> and <option> (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3797 [normative change] [topic: rendering] 

  6 issues closed:
  - <img controls> guidance for declaration of alt https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12377 [document conformance] [accessibility] [topic: img] 
  - `setSelectionRange` for `input type="email"` https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12379 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-16 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12370 
  - Meeting 40 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12351 
  - `controls` attribute for `<img>` element https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11856 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: img] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-04-09 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12341 



Pull requests
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* w3c/html-aria (+1/-0/💬2)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 578  (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/578 

  1 pull requests received 2 new comments:
  - #555 Update select role mapping to use HTML display size (2 by daniel-montalvo, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/555 

* whatwg/html (+10/-0/💬29)
  10 pull requests submitted:
  - 12391  (by shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12391 
  - 12389  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12389 
  - 12385  (by yoelhawa)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12385 
  - 12382  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12382 
  - 12381  (by zp1996)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12381 
  - 12376  (by bkardell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12376 
  - 12375  (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12375 
  - 12373  (by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12373 
  - 12372  (by jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12372 
  - 12371  (by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12371 

  15 pull requests received 29 new comments:
  - #12381 Clarify EventSource behavior with the back/forward cache (2 by zp1996)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12381 
  - #12376 Add SpellCheckCustomDictionary API (window.spellCheckDictionary) (1 by bkardell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12376 
  - #12375 Update issue templates (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12375 
  - #12372 Editorial: Restructure `update the image data` step 15 (2 by annevk, jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12372 
  - #12371 Remove all:unset from select button (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12371 [do not merge yet] 
  - #12369 Rename selectedcontent "disabled" to "in valid tree position", inverting the value (1 by josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12369 [editorial] [topic: select] 
  - #12345 Simplify popover=hint behaviours & related spec fixes (8 by jakearchibald, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12345 
  - #12339 shadowrootadoptedstylesheets on <template> (3 by keithamus, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12339 [agenda+] 
  - #12201 Define optgroup base appearance rendering (2 by annevk, josepharhar)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12201 [normative change] [topic: rendering] [topic: select] 
  - #12151 Add controls attribute to img (1 by yoelhawa)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12151 [addition/proposal] [topic: img] 
  - #12069 Define base appearance for select multiple drop-down (3 by annevk, josepharhar, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12069 [agenda+] 
  - #11765 Navigation: Add optimization to ignore duplicate navigations (1 by llannasatoll)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11765 
  - #11723 [focusgroup] Add the focusgroup attribute  (1 by janewman)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11723 
  - #11640 Source reformatting: switch to no line-breaking (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11640 [spec tooling] 
  - #11454 Carry over sticky activation for same-origin navs and traversals (1 by mustaqahmed)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11454 [addition/proposal] [topic: user activation] 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/💬0)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 1462  (by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1462 


Repositories tracked by this digest:
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* https://github.com/w3c/html-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/html-aria
* https://github.com/w3c/html-extensions
* https://github.com/w3c/htmlwg
* https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents
* https://github.com/whatwg/html
* https://github.com/whatwg/dom


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