Re: Absolute region positioning (was Re: Alternative approach to scrolling, with demos)

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Nigel Megitt <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk> wrote:

> So what are the model features that may need to be brought into WebVTT? In
> no particular order:
> 1. Independent timing of regions, e.g. so that they can be painted even
> when they don't contain text.
> 2. Ability to select for styling purposes regions including setting
> background and line painting colors, padding and zIndex (to define
> painting order if multiple regions overlap). The ::cue-region
> pseudo-element appears to partially fulfil this already.
> 3. Ability to select for styling purposes text contained within a
> particular region.
> 4. Ability to assign metadata additional to identifiers for regions. (need
> use cases for this in a WebVTT context)

My current focus is on simplifying regions as much as possible.
However, if you have strong use cases for any of these additions,
please do file new bugs. Example videos or video frames to illustrate
would be much appreciated.

Philip

Received on Friday, 9 May 2014 14:33:06 UTC