- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:43:09 +0200
- To: "Arun Ranganathan" <arun@mozilla.com>
- Cc: "WebApps WG" <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:12:06 +0200, Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com> wrote: > On 8/14/11 5:36 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: >> I think FileList should talk less about selected files and more about >> being a collection or list of File objects. That way it can be reused >> in the future without people tripping over its current narrow >> definition. > > It is a collection of File objects, but they must be user selected. > HTMLInputElement and DataTransfer don't make a sufficient virtue of user > selection, so I feel it useful to keep it a part of FileList. Why must they be user selected? I do not think that will necessarily be true over time. And it also seems to put some kind of artificial constraint on UI that should not be there. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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