[pointerevents] setPointerCapture should say something about iframes

RByers has just created a new issue for 
https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents:

== setPointerCapture should say something about iframes ==
The [algorithm for 
setPointerCapture](https://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#setting-pointer-capture)
 says nothing about different iframes.

If, for example, code running in some iframe happens to call 
setPointerCapture for a pointer ID that would otherwise have its 
events sent to another frame, then setPointerCapture should presumably
 fail somehow (eg. to prevent input stealing).  How exactly should 
this fail?

What about more subtle scenarios?  Eg. if I mouse down over one frame,
 can it capture events so that when I drag out of that frame events 
consider to go to it?

Also, Is there any reason to prevent a child frame from explicitly 
directing capture to ancestor frame somehow?  I've seen sites do this 
today by delegating all events inside a child into their parent via 
postMessage (eg. to allow dragging on a window resize handle within 
the frame to resize the frame). 


See https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/16

Received on Monday, 22 June 2015 17:59:41 UTC