Re: html contenteditable attribute and all the serious limitations

Hi Kevin,

If you meant to attach your proposal, you forgot to do so. If this was intended as a discussion starter, the discussion list is WAI-XTECH.

James


On Oct 10, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Kevin Chao <kevinchao89@gmail.com> wrote:

> The only way to implement rich text is with the html contenteditable
> attribute. Google Docs doesn't use this attribute at all because it
> has tons of limitations and most of the interesting Google Docs
> features wouldn't be possible.
> 
> Mail is totally different. Gmail uses contenteditable for its rich
> text editor and it is indeed somewhat accessible now in Firefox. But
> Docs does so much more than this, it's a full document word processor
> - and there isn't yet support in html or aria that standardizes this.
> New specs would need to be proposed.
> 
> With this, I would like to propose new specs.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
> 
>

Received on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:23:28 UTC