RE: [css3-transitions] Should a transition reversal fire a transitionStart event ?

[Dean Jackson:]
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> 
> On 30/11/2011, at 11:17 AM, Sylvain Galineau wrote:
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> > Section 4. covers reversal and defines those as 'new' transitions. Is
> that the literal intent i.e. given a start event* would a start fire on
> each reversal ?
> 
> Yes, that's the intent.
> 
> > Or is this meant to describe a new phase/state of the transition?
> 
> I think it should be as if there is a new transition from the current
> point back to the originating point. The end event will have an
> elapsedTime that is less than the regular transition duration.
> 
OK so if a transition is reversed you'd see start(F),end(F),start(R), end(R)
with the elapsed times on end(f) and start(R) reflecting their actual position 
on the overall timeline?

> Dean
> 
> >
> > [1] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-transitions/#reversing
> >
> > * while the current drafts do not yet include a transitionStart event,
> the opportunity to add one to align with animation start has been
> discussed in the past.
> >
>