[pointerevents] Clarify what events are expected from <option> elements in <select> dropdowns (#603)

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

== Clarify what events are expected from <option> elements in <select> dropdowns ==
I find it unclear what UI events are expected to be fired from the **option** element when the **select** that contains the **option** is in dropdown mode (for example, when the **select** is not being used for multiple selections, or when the size of the **select** is 1).

I'm particularly interested in mouse and keyboard events.

The major browsers seem to behave differently. [I've highlighted those differences here](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1090602#c27).

It'd be good if we could hammer out the actual desired behaviour here so that there's less ambiguity in how (if ever) to dispatch events for **option** elements when in dropdown **select**s.

[I wasn't sure where to file this, so I've cross-filed it here as well.](https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/263)


Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/603 using your GitHub account


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