Re: Updated Presentation API WebIDL - call for review

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Mark Finkle <mfinkle@mozilla.com> wrote:

> > > > Second, the site ought to be able to cause the UA-managed selection
> list
> > > > to
> > > > appear at a position of its choice, for example close to the icon
> that
> > > > triggered the list to be shown.
> >
>
> > > I'd say if the dialog for screen selection immediately appears when
> > > clicking
> > > we don't necessarily need a spatial connection? But if participants of
> the
> > > group feel strongly about this, we may add this to the specification. I
> > > would argue we may not want to spec where such a dialog appears to
> allow
> > > more flexibility of implementation on mobile devices?
> >
>
> > It should be controlled by the site. I am thinking of how this would
> work on
> > a laptop, say. There is a lot of screen real-estate and you might not
> want
> > this dialog / drop-down to appear at some place totally disconnected from
> > where you click (not least to reduce how far you need to move the mouse).
>
> Mobile device UAs might want to have better control over the dialog.
> Giving control to the site could make for poor user experience. This is
> similar to the way mobile UAs take over dropdown lists, making them more
> touch-friendly.
>

Sure. So is there a way we can support both the mobile and the laptop /
desktop use-case with their different requirements ?

...Mark