[Bug 23536] New: figure out if "mixed clipboard content" is testable, write tests if it is

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23536

            Bug ID: 23536
           Summary: figure out if "mixed clipboard content" is testable,
                    write tests if it is
           Product: WebAppsWG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
               URL: http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/clipops/clipops.html#pro
                    cessing-model
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Clipboard API and events
          Assignee: hsteen@mozilla.com
          Reporter: hsteen@mozilla.com
        QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org

The spec assumes that a clipboard can have mixed, self-referencing content -
like an HTML fragment + an image, stored as separate parts in the system
clipboard, where the HTML fragment references the image in a way that should be
preserved when pasted.

Hence the spec's processing model contains a section detailing how to use the
cid: URL scheme for referencing other DataTransferItemList entries.

This is actually somewhat speculative. I have not yet been able to verify that 

a) System clipboards sometimes store different parts that reference each other
b) HTML fragments in the system clipboards are sometimes saved in a way that
references other parts
c) References survive roundtripping/pasting

If these assumptions are true, we need a test that writes such content to
clipboard on at least one OS to assert that the spec's algorithm is
implemented.

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Received on Wednesday, 16 October 2013 21:14:24 UTC