Re: [webcomponents]: Re-imagining shadow root as Element

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Dominic Cooney <dominicc@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Erik Arvidsson <arv@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>> For the record I'm opposed to what you are proposoing. I don't like that
>> you lose the symmetry between innerHTML and outerHTML.
>
>
> Sorry for replying to such a cold thread.
>
> Could you elaborate on what symmetry is being broken here? outerHTML is
> innerHTML with a prefix and a suffix. In this proposal the prefix includes
> <shadow-root>. What problems are likely to result from that?

outerHTML has always been start tag + innerHTML + end tag. Now it
would become start tag + shadow dom + innerHTML + end tag.

I remember when IE used to include those pesky <?import> directives
and the confusion it caused. Lets not make a similar mistake.

> Dominic
>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I made an attempt to describe how these things can be non-lossy here:
>>> https://gist.github.com/sjmiles/5358120
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> input/video would have intrinsic Shadow DOM, so it would not ever be
>>>> part of outerHTML.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have a precise way to differentiate intrinsic Shadow DOM from
>>>> non-intrinsic Shadow DOM, but my rule of thumb is this: 'node.outerHTML'
>>>> should produce markup that parses back into 'node' (assuming all
>>>> dependencies exist).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Erik Arvidsson <arv@chromium.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Once again, how would this work for input/video?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you suggesting that `createShadowRoot` behaves different than when
>>>>> you create the shadow root using markup?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think we all agree that node.innerHTML should not reveal node's
>>>>>> ShadowDOM, ever.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I am arguing is that, if we have <shadow-root> element that you
>>>>>> can use to install shadow DOM into an arbitrary node, like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <div>
>>>>>>   <shadow-root>
>>>>>>     Decoration --> <content></content> <-- Decoration
>>>>>>   <shadow-root>
>>>>>>   Light DOM
>>>>>> </div>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then, as we agree, innerHTML is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LightDOM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but outerHTML would be
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <div>
>>>>>>   <shadow-root>
>>>>>>     Decoration --> <content></content> <-- Decoration
>>>>>>   <shadow-root>
>>>>>>   Light DOM
>>>>>> </div>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm suggesting this outerHTML only for 'non-intrinsic' shadow DOM, by
>>>>>> which I mean Shadow DOM that would never exist on a node unless you hadn't
>>>>>> specifically put it there (as opposed to Shadow DOM intrinsic to a
>>>>>> particular element type).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With this inner/outer rule, all serialization cases I can think of
>>>>>> work in a sane fashion, no lossiness.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Erik Arvidsson <arv@chromium.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe I'm missing something but we clearly don't want to include
>>>>>>> <shadowroot> in the general innerHTML getter case. If I implement
>>>>>>> input[type=range] using custom elements + shadow DOM I don't want innerHTML
>>>>>>> to show the internal guts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't see any reason why my document markup for some div should
>>>>>>>> not be serializable back to how I wrote it via innerHTML. That seems just
>>>>>>>> plain bad.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I hope you can take a look at what I'm saying about outerHTML. I
>>>>>>>> believe at least the concept there solves all cases.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Brian Kardell <bkardell@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 10, 2013 1:24 PM, "Scott Miles" <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > So, what you quoted are thoughts I already deprecated mysefl in
>>>>>>>>> > this thread. :)
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > If you read a bit further, see that  I realized that
>>>>>>>>> > <shadow-root> is really part of the 'outer html' of the node and not the
>>>>>>>>> > inner html.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> Yeah sorry, connectivity issue prevented me from seeing those until
>>>>>>>>> after i sent i guess.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > >> I think that is actually a feature, not a detriment and easily
>>>>>>>>> > >> explainable.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > What is actually a feature? You mean that the shadow root is
>>>>>>>>> > invisible to innerHTML?
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > Yes, that's true. But without some special handling of Shadow DOM
>>>>>>>>> > you get into trouble when you start using innerHTML to serialize DOM into
>>>>>>>>> > HTML and transfer content from A to B. Or even from A back to itself.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think Dimiti's implication iii is actually intuitive - that is
>>>>>>>>> what I am saying... I do think that round-tripping via innerHTML would be
>>>>>>>>> lossy of declarative markup used to create the instances inside the
>>>>>>>>> shadow... to get that it feels like you'd need something else which I think
>>>>>>>>> he also provided/mentioned.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe I'm alone on this, but it's just sort of how I expected it to
>>>>>>>>> work all along... Already, roundtripping can differ from the original
>>>>>>>>> source, If you aren't careful this can bite you in the hind-quarters but it
>>>>>>>>> is actually sensible.  Maybe I need to think about this a little deeper, but
>>>>>>>>> I see nothing at this stage to make me think that the proposal and
>>>>>>>>> implications are problematic.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> erik
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> erik
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> --
>> erik
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erik

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