Re: Comments on proposed new SC 2.5.3

It looks weird if "up event" is a conditional when the actual SC itself 
mentions "up event" twice.

P

On 19/04/2016 03:09, David MacDonald wrote:
> Maybe we can manage that with a conditional statement:
>
> 2.5.3 Up-Event Activation: When single touch and/or pointer activation
> can be triggered with the up-event, at least one of the following is
> true (Level A):
>
> ​- ​Activation is on the up event,
> - Confirmation is provided which can dismiss activation,
> ​- ​
> Activation is reversible,
> ​- ​
> A mechanism is available to allow the user to trigger activation on the
> up-event,
> ​- ​
> Timing of activation is essential; waiting for the up-event would
> invalidate the activity.
> Note: This is when platform assistive technology that remaps touch
> gestures is not turned on.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Patrick H. Lauke
> <redux@splintered.co.uk <mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     We could start with some actual W3C docs...
>
>     http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#event-type-click
>
>     Note the absence of any talk about it being "complex", or
>     necessarily involving a mousedown/mouseup (all the spec says is that
>     it MAY be preceded by those events, but it also explains that click
>     MUST be fired as part of general activation triggers, and that it
>     goes beyond just being about mice - in fact, i can programmatically
>     fire click events without any down or up events).
>
>     p
>     --
>     Patrick H. Lauke
>
>
>     On 19 Apr 2016, at 01:11, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca
>     <mailto:david100@sympatico.ca>> wrote:
>
>>
>>     I'm fine if you find a more authoritative site that contradicts
>>     it? I expect is a correct representation of Click in JavaScript
>>
>>     >>>Also, would this be sufficiently clear to mere mortal developers?
>>
>>     I expect we can manage it in the Understanding.  We can explain
>>     that a Click in  languages  such as JavaScript is a amalgamation
>>     of down/up firing on up.
>>
>>     On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Patrick H. Lauke
>>     <redux@splintered.co.uk <mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>         On 18/04/2016 23:14, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>             On 18/04/2016 23:02, David MacDonald wrote:
>>
>>                 By definition "click" in JavaScript is a complex event
>>                 that triggers
>>                 after mousedown, then mouseup
>>
>>                 |click|
>>                     Triggered by a mouse click: mousedown and then
>>                 mouseup over an
>>                 element
>>                 source:
>>                 http://javascript.info/tutorial/mouse-events#complex-events
>>
>>
>>             Is there a more authoritative source for this sort of
>>             explanation?
>>
>>
>>         Notice how http://javascript.info/tutorial/keyboard-events
>>         doesn't say anything about "click", even though that event is
>>         also triggered by keyboard. So nope, not quite sure about how
>>         all-encompassing and accurate the definitions provided on that
>>         site are...
>>
>>
>>             Also,
>>             would this be sufficiently clear to mere mortal developers?
>>
>>             P
>>
>>
>>         --
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>

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