initial thoughts: pointerup and "click"/"contextmenu"

I know "click" and "contextmenu" aren't considered compatibility mouse 
events (and rightly so), but I'm wondering if the spec should still 
mention something more explicit about them in relation to pointerup.

As an initial suggestion, based on my proposed patch for the list of 
event types table, maybe adding something to the default action entry 
for pointerup

"Varies: when the pointer is primary, all default actions of mouseup"

change to

"Varies: when the pointer is primary, all default actions of mouseup; 
dispatch click or contextmenu events [...]"

though on the other hand, I can see how this may require too much extra 
explanation (as it depends on the mouse button pressed, for instance), 
and I guess it would also (at least for contextmenu) need a similar note 
about long-pressing (on pointerdown?) for touch interfaces?

Good idea or not? Now that I've written it out, it actually looks a lot 
hairier than I first anticipated. Maybe a new note after the table 
instead? Something a bit generic mentioning that user agents may then 
also dispatch click/contextmenu depending on ... something?

P
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Received on Wednesday, 22 January 2014 10:52:04 UTC