Re: [webcomponents] Copying and Pasting a Web Component

I remember that there was a session to discuss this topic last year's
blinkon conference.

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https://docs.google.com/a/chromium.org/document/d/1SDBS1BUJHdXQCvcDoXT2-8o6ATYMjEe9PI9U2VmoSlc/edit?pli=1#heading=h.ywom0phsxcmo
  Session: 'Deep Dive on editing/selection'

However, I couldn't find non-normative notes attached there. I guess no one
has clear answer for this topic yet unless there is a progress.



On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@apple.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What is expected to happen if a custom element or an element with shadow
> DOM is copied and pasted from one contenteditable area to another?
>
> Are we expected to serialize the composed tree and paste that?
>
> We can't keep the shadow DOM structure as there is no serialized form for
> it, and no script could run when it's pasted.
>
> I understand that there is no normative documentation on how copy and
> paste work to begin with but I'd like to see at least a non-normative note
> as to what UAs are expected to do since this would surely have a huge
> compatibility and usability implications down the road.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> - R. Niwa
>
>


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Hayato