[webkit-dev] Implementing HTML5 menu element

[Jarred Nicholls]

I don't know how to answer that, as I don't know the policy at this given
moment.  But I did want to provide some information for the deciders.  I'm
just as curious; I'm not sure if or when the last time a name clash like
this has occurred.

Jarred

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Antaryami Pandia <xqb748 at motorola.com>wrote:

> So moving forward should we modify the existing HTMLMenuElement class or
> keep it in some way for backward compatibility.
>
> Regards,
> -Antaryami
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Jarred Nicholls <jarred at sencha.com> wrote:
>
>> Consider that menu and dir were both deprecated in HTML4 in 1999[1], and
>> are obsolete with HTML5.  HTML4 Transitional/loose DTD still recognizes
>> them.
>>
>> Jarred
>>
>> [1]: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/lists.html#h-10.4
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Antaryami Pandia <xqb748 at motorola.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> We are intending to implement the HTML5 <menu> tag.
>>>
>>> The related specs can be found at:-
>>>        -
>>> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-menu-element
>>>        -
>>> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/interactive-elements.html#the-menu-element.
>>>
>>> A bug for the purpose is already logged at webkit bugzilla (
>>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58454).
>>>
>>> Currently webkit does have a support for menu tag (not html5) with below
>>> interface:-
>>>
>>>     interface HTMLMenuElement : HTMLElement {
>>>         attribute [Reflect] boolean compact;
>>>     };
>>>
>>> Where as the proposed new implementation will have the interface as:-
>>>
>>>     interface HTMLMenuElement : HTMLElement {
>>>            attribute DOMString type;
>>>            attribute DOMString label;
>>>    };
>>>
>>> So my question is should we also support the earlier menu tag
>>> implementation?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> -Antaryami
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
>>
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