[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 101094] New: META: Make it possible to build WebKit without the Widget tree

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101094

           Summary: META: Make it possible to build WebKit without the
                    Widget tree
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Frames
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: eric at webkit.org


META: Make it possible to build WebKit without the Widget tree

Widgets exist to allow WebKit to interact with native OS scrollbars and views.  iframes, plugins, and scrollbars all have corresponding entries into a Widget tree.

Widgets are only needed for platforms (like Mac WebKit1) which expose these objects in the native OS's "view" tree or by windowed plugins (which get a native HWND or NSView*).  Both of these are now considered "old" technolgies and 

However, Mac WebKit1, is now old-news, and many platforms (like Chromium) don't support windowed plugins anymore.

We can't remove widgets entirely yet.  But having a wiget-less codepath will pave the way for their eventual removal, and obsolete a *huge* set of widget-related crashers and make several features (like <iframe seamless>) much easier to implement in the widget-less world.

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