[Bug 18732] [Custom]: element upgrade algorithm does not preserve attributes, event listeners, references

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18732

--- Comment #20 from Dimitri Glazkov <dglazkov@chromium.org> 2012-08-29 22:54:03 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> I understand, but again I'm concerned about average developer.
> 
> He starts with
> 
> <x-awesome onclick="awesomeClick()"></x-awesome>
> 
> Then somebody tells him it's a security issue, so he changes it to do
> 
> x = document.querySelector("x-awesome");
> x.addEventListener("click", awesomeClick);
> 
> Then his page doesn't work, and now he has to go look up about custom elements
> and do things differently because 'custom elements are weird'.
> 
> In general, I want consumers of custom-elements to need to require as little
> arcana as possible.

I can see the value of this argument. Olli, WDYT?

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Received on Wednesday, 29 August 2012 22:54:05 UTC