Re: textInput --> beforeInput [ISSUE-121]

Hi, Ojan-

I wanted to close the loop with you on this issue.

I appreciate your use case and your reasoning for it, but feedback from 
other implementers seemed to favor keeping the 'textinput' event as a 
text-only notification, rather than expanding it to other types of 
content.  For DOM3 Events, we have chosen to stay with the 'textinput' 
event, as it was defined.

I still see the merits in your proposal, and I believe that it might be 
particularly useful in the context of the proposed HTML Editing API spec 
[1], which is being discussed in a dedicated Community Group [2]; the 
'beforeinput' event may or may not be suitable for that spec (I've only 
skimmed it), but I think it could be defined to suit the functionality 
defined there.  I'm happy to help with that, and in finding it a good home.

Please let us know if you are satisfied with this response; we will 
assume this issue is closed if we don't hear from you in a couple of weeks.

[1] http://aryeh.name/spec/editing/editing.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/community/editing/

Regards-
-Doug

Received on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 17:48:30 UTC