Re: [webcomponents] Template element parser changes => Proposal for adding DocumentFragment.innerHTML

Right. I just want to make sure we agree on the exact feature set and
behavior before WebKit implements it.

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com> wrote:

> It does feel very sensible that regardless of templates this is a useful
> feature that we've long desired.
>  On Apr 24, 2012 8:28 AM, "Rafael Weinstein" <rafaelw@google.com> wrote:
>
>> No, I hadn't. Let me digest this thread. Much of what I'm implicitly
>> asking has already been discussed. I'll repost if I have anything to
>> add here. Apologies for the noise.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@webkit.org> wrote:
>> > Have you looked
>> > at
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011OctDec/0663.html ?
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Rafael Weinstein <rafaelw@google.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> The main points of contention in the discussion about the template
>> element
>> >> are
>> >>
>> >> 1) By what mechanism are its content elements 'inert'
>> >> 2) Do template contents reside in the document, or outside of it
>> >>
>> >> What doesn't appear to be controversial is the parser changes which
>> >> would allow the template element to have arbitrary top-level content
>> >> elements.
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to propose that we add DocumentFragment.innerHTML which
>> >> parses markup into elements without a context element. This has come
>> >> up in the past, and is in itself a useful feature. The problem it
>> >> solves is allowing templating systems to create DOM from markup
>> >> without having to "sniff" the content and only innerHTML on an
>> >> appropriate parent element (Yehuda can speak more to this).
>> >>
>> >> The parser changes required for this are a subset of the changes that
>> >> Dimitri uncovered here:
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/raw-file/tip/spec/templates/index.html
>> >>
>> >> And I've uploaded a webkit patch which implements them here:
>> >>
>> >> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84646
>> >>
>> >> I'm hoping this is a sensible way to make progress. Thoughts?
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>

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