[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 65215] New: dispatchEvent should not trigger default actions (for synthetic events)

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65215

           Summary: dispatchEvent should not trigger default actions (for
                    synthetic events)
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: fishd at chromium.org
                CC: ap at webkit.org


dispatchEvent should not trigger default actions

http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#interactive-content

Note this tid-bit:
"The above doesn't happen for arbitrary synthetic events dispatched by author script. However, the click() method can be used to make it happen programmatically."

This came up in the context of https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64580.

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