Re: [pointerevents] Default width/height attribute for mouse

> So removing this, basically?
>> a default value should be provided by the user agent to approximate
 the geometry typical of that pointer type

:+1:

> some kind of "fat mouse" setting

I guess the spec doesn't have to preclude the existence of a "fat 
mouse" but a typical mouse could still be 1x1. 

> otherwise, we could probably define that: 
>
> * if it's an input device type that can have variable geometry 
(touch), the value of width and height must reflect the geometry as 
reported by the hardware. if the hardware does not support this, the 
value must be 0
> * for input devices that don't have variable geometry (typically 
mouse and stylus), the value of width and height must always be 1

If not 1 then some fixed value representing its hotspot if you still 
want fat mice.

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