Re: Pointer events – active buttons state & pen devices

On 2/5/2013 2:05 PM, Tim Bannister wrote:
> I would like to see “hover click” initiate active buttons state; 
> however, I'm not quite sure how to reword the WD to capture this 
> subtlety. 

Perhaps we could change 
http://www.w3.org/TR/pointerevents/#the-pointerdown-event from this:

> For pen, this is when the stylus makes physical contact with the 
> digitizer.

...to this:

> For pen, this is when the stylus makes physical contact with the 
> digitizer. If the pen has one or more buttons that can perform actions 
> while the the pen is hovering, the active buttons state is also 
> entered when the pen transitions from zero of these buttons depressed 
> to at least one of these buttons depressed.

...with a similar change to the pointerup section which follows.

Received on Tuesday, 5 February 2013 22:53:02 UTC