[html5] r7161 - [] (0) Drop the attempt at speccing the legacy window.find() API. Affected topic [...]
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whatwg at whatwg.org
Fri Jun 29 13:46:49 PDT 2012
Author: ianh
Date: 2012-06-29 13:46:47 -0700 (Fri, 29 Jun 2012)
New Revision: 7161
Modified:
complete.html
index
source
Log:
[] (0) Drop the attempt at speccing the legacy window.find() API.
Affected topics: DOM APIs, HTML
Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html 2012-06-29 20:42:38 UTC (rev 7160)
+++ complete.html 2012-06-29 20:46:47 UTC (rev 7161)
@@ -997,8 +997,7 @@
<li><a href=#dndevents><span class=secno>8.7.6 </span>Events summary</a></li>
<li><a href=#the-draggable-attribute><span class=secno>8.7.7 </span>The <code>draggable</code> attribute</a></li>
<li><a href=#the-dropzone-attribute><span class=secno>8.7.8 </span>The <code>dropzone</code> attribute</a></li>
- <li><a href=#security-risks-in-the-drag-and-drop-model><span class=secno>8.7.9 </span>Security risks in the drag-and-drop model</a></ol></li>
- <li><a href=#text-search-apis><span class=secno>8.8 </span>Text search APIs</a></ol></li>
+ <li><a href=#security-risks-in-the-drag-and-drop-model><span class=secno>8.7.9 </span>Security risks in the drag-and-drop model</a></ol></ol></li>
<li><a href=#workers><span class=secno>9 </span>Web workers</a>
<ol>
<li><a href=#introduction-9><span class=secno>9.1 </span>Introduction</a>
@@ -1538,7 +1537,6 @@
<li>The <code title=attr-inert><a href=#the-inert-attribute>inert</a></code> global attribute to disable subtrees.</li><!--INERT-->
<li>The <code title=attr-fs-method-dialog-keyword><a href=#attr-fs-method-dialog-keyword>dialog</a></code> keyword on the <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element's <code title=attr-fs-method><a href=#attr-fs-method>method</a></code> attribute, for a simpler way to close dialogs.</li><!--FORM-DIALOG-->
<li>The <code title=dom-document-cssElementMap><a href=#dom-document-csselementmap>cssElementMap</a></code> feature for defining <a href=#css-element-reference-identifier title="CSS element reference identifier">CSS element reference identifiers</a>.</li> <!--CSSREF-->
- <li>An experimental specification of the legacy <code title=dom-find><a href=#dom-find>window.find()</a></code> API.</li><!--FIND-->
<li>Some predefined <a href=#mdvocabs>Microdata vocabularies</a>.</li>
<li>The <code><a href=#the-data-element>data</a></code> element for marking up machine-readable data.</li><!--DATA--><!--FORK-->
<li>The <code title=scheme-http+aes><a href=#http+aes-scheme>http+aes:</a></code> and <code title=scheme-http+aes><a href=#http+aes-scheme>https+aes:</a></code> schemes.</li><!--FORK-->
@@ -65563,9 +65561,6 @@
attribute DOMString <a href=#dom-name title=dom-name>name</a>; <!-- not [Replaceable] per WebKit and IE8 -->
[PutForwards=<a href=#dom-location-href title=dom-location-href>href</a>, Unforgeable] readonly attribute <a href=#location>Location</a> <a href=#dom-location title=dom-location>location</a>;
readonly attribute <a href=#history-0>History</a> <a href=#dom-history title=dom-history>history</a>;
-<!--FIND-->
- boolean <a href=#dom-find title=dom-find>find</a>(optional DOMString aString, optional boolean aCaseSensitive, optional boolean aBackwards, optional boolean aWrapAround, optional boolean aWholeWord, optional boolean aSearchInFrames, optional boolean aShowDialog);
-<!--FIND-->
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href=#barprop>BarProp</a> <a href=#dom-window-locationbar title=dom-window-locationbar>locationbar</a>;
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href=#barprop>BarProp</a> <a href=#dom-window-menubar title=dom-window-menubar>menubar</a>;
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href=#barprop>BarProp</a> <a href=#dom-window-personalbar title=dom-window-personalbar>personalbar</a>;
@@ -79107,73 +79102,9 @@
<!--REMOVE-TOPIC:Security-->
-<!--FIND-->
-<!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
- <h3 id=text-search-apis><span class=secno>8.8 </span>Text search APIs</h3> <!-- window.find() -->
- <p class=critical>This legacy API is not very interoperably
- implemented, and has a number of design problems (such as having six
- boolean arguments in a row, giving the ability to expose a UA
- dialog, affecting the selection when successful, etc). We may just
- drop it instead.</p>
- <!-- use case seems to be to just have an API that allows scripts to
- search for text, then manipulate it (e.g. execCommand).
- Unfortunately it currently destroys the selection to do so (though I
- guess you can save it and restore it). We could provide an API for
- this instead, but it would require changes to execCommand() to work
- on ranges rather than the selection (probably needed anyway, but not
- being worked on as of now) -->
- <!-- demo: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1076 -->
-
- <!-- bugs:
-
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672395
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64761
-
- -->
-
- <!-- notes:
-
- if first argument is '', gecko throws a dialog. webkit does not.
-
- aCaseSensitive, if true, matches case.
- Webkit: If false, even if the search string is the equivalent of cåt, it'll still match "cat".
- Gecko: some sort of unicode case-insensitive (aring matches Aring)
-
- search starts from the last place the user placed the invisible cursor
-
- once find() has selected text in a text field, it acts as if the cursor jumps back to the top of the page
-
- aWholeWord has no effect.
-
- Gecko: aWrapAround has no effect.
- WebKit: aWrapAround works by wrapping around at the bottom of the page (top if going backwards).
-
- Gecko: searches iframes if aSearchInFrames is set
- WebKit: doesn't search iframes; aSearchInFrames has no effect.
-
- Gecko: aShowDialog works
- Webkit: does not
-
- Gecko: doesn't work on display:none iframes. (works fine in webkit)
- WebKit: doesn't work before body.onload has fired or some such (works fine in gecko)
-
- -->
-
- <!--
- boolean <span title="dom-find">find</span>(in optional DOMString aString, in optional boolean aCaseSensitive, in optional boolean aBackwards, in optional boolean aWrapAround, in optional aWholeWord, in optional aSearchInFrames, in optional aShowDialog);
- -->
-
- <p class=XXX><dfn id=dom-find title=dom-find>window.find()</dfn> goes here</p>
-
-<!--FIND-->
-
-
-
-
-
<div data-component="Web Workers (editor: Ian Hickson)"><!--TOPIC:Web Workers-->
<h2 id=workers><span class=secno>9 </span>Web workers</h2>
Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index 2012-06-29 20:42:38 UTC (rev 7160)
+++ index 2012-06-29 20:46:47 UTC (rev 7161)
@@ -997,8 +997,7 @@
<li><a href=#dndevents><span class=secno>8.7.6 </span>Events summary</a></li>
<li><a href=#the-draggable-attribute><span class=secno>8.7.7 </span>The <code>draggable</code> attribute</a></li>
<li><a href=#the-dropzone-attribute><span class=secno>8.7.8 </span>The <code>dropzone</code> attribute</a></li>
- <li><a href=#security-risks-in-the-drag-and-drop-model><span class=secno>8.7.9 </span>Security risks in the drag-and-drop model</a></ol></li>
- <li><a href=#text-search-apis><span class=secno>8.8 </span>Text search APIs</a></ol></li>
+ <li><a href=#security-risks-in-the-drag-and-drop-model><span class=secno>8.7.9 </span>Security risks in the drag-and-drop model</a></ol></ol></li>
<li><a href=#workers><span class=secno>9 </span>Web workers</a>
<ol>
<li><a href=#introduction-9><span class=secno>9.1 </span>Introduction</a>
@@ -1538,7 +1537,6 @@
<li>The <code title=attr-inert><a href=#the-inert-attribute>inert</a></code> global attribute to disable subtrees.</li><!--INERT-->
<li>The <code title=attr-fs-method-dialog-keyword><a href=#attr-fs-method-dialog-keyword>dialog</a></code> keyword on the <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element's <code title=attr-fs-method><a href=#attr-fs-method>method</a></code> attribute, for a simpler way to close dialogs.</li><!--FORM-DIALOG-->
<li>The <code title=dom-document-cssElementMap><a href=#dom-document-csselementmap>cssElementMap</a></code> feature for defining <a href=#css-element-reference-identifier title="CSS element reference identifier">CSS element reference identifiers</a>.</li> <!--CSSREF-->
- <li>An experimental specification of the legacy <code title=dom-find><a href=#dom-find>window.find()</a></code> API.</li><!--FIND-->
<li>Some predefined <a href=#mdvocabs>Microdata vocabularies</a>.</li>
<li>The <code><a href=#the-data-element>data</a></code> element for marking up machine-readable data.</li><!--DATA--><!--FORK-->
<li>The <code title=scheme-http+aes><a href=#http+aes-scheme>http+aes:</a></code> and <code title=scheme-http+aes><a href=#http+aes-scheme>https+aes:</a></code> schemes.</li><!--FORK-->
@@ -65563,9 +65561,6 @@
attribute DOMString <a href=#dom-name title=dom-name>name</a>; <!-- not [Replaceable] per WebKit and IE8 -->
[PutForwards=<a href=#dom-location-href title=dom-location-href>href</a>, Unforgeable] readonly attribute <a href=#location>Location</a> <a href=#dom-location title=dom-location>location</a>;
readonly attribute <a href=#history-0>History</a> <a href=#dom-history title=dom-history>history</a>;
-<!--FIND-->
- boolean <a href=#dom-find title=dom-find>find</a>(optional DOMString aString, optional boolean aCaseSensitive, optional boolean aBackwards, optional boolean aWrapAround, optional boolean aWholeWord, optional boolean aSearchInFrames, optional boolean aShowDialog);
-<!--FIND-->
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href=#barprop>BarProp</a> <a href=#dom-window-locationbar title=dom-window-locationbar>locationbar</a>;
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href=#barprop>BarProp</a> <a href=#dom-window-menubar title=dom-window-menubar>menubar</a>;
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href=#barprop>BarProp</a> <a href=#dom-window-personalbar title=dom-window-personalbar>personalbar</a>;
@@ -79107,73 +79102,9 @@
<!--REMOVE-TOPIC:Security-->
-<!--FIND-->
-<!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
- <h3 id=text-search-apis><span class=secno>8.8 </span>Text search APIs</h3> <!-- window.find() -->
- <p class=critical>This legacy API is not very interoperably
- implemented, and has a number of design problems (such as having six
- boolean arguments in a row, giving the ability to expose a UA
- dialog, affecting the selection when successful, etc). We may just
- drop it instead.</p>
- <!-- use case seems to be to just have an API that allows scripts to
- search for text, then manipulate it (e.g. execCommand).
- Unfortunately it currently destroys the selection to do so (though I
- guess you can save it and restore it). We could provide an API for
- this instead, but it would require changes to execCommand() to work
- on ranges rather than the selection (probably needed anyway, but not
- being worked on as of now) -->
- <!-- demo: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1076 -->
-
- <!-- bugs:
-
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672395
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64761
-
- -->
-
- <!-- notes:
-
- if first argument is '', gecko throws a dialog. webkit does not.
-
- aCaseSensitive, if true, matches case.
- Webkit: If false, even if the search string is the equivalent of cåt, it'll still match "cat".
- Gecko: some sort of unicode case-insensitive (aring matches Aring)
-
- search starts from the last place the user placed the invisible cursor
-
- once find() has selected text in a text field, it acts as if the cursor jumps back to the top of the page
-
- aWholeWord has no effect.
-
- Gecko: aWrapAround has no effect.
- WebKit: aWrapAround works by wrapping around at the bottom of the page (top if going backwards).
-
- Gecko: searches iframes if aSearchInFrames is set
- WebKit: doesn't search iframes; aSearchInFrames has no effect.
-
- Gecko: aShowDialog works
- Webkit: does not
-
- Gecko: doesn't work on display:none iframes. (works fine in webkit)
- WebKit: doesn't work before body.onload has fired or some such (works fine in gecko)
-
- -->
-
- <!--
- boolean <span title="dom-find">find</span>(in optional DOMString aString, in optional boolean aCaseSensitive, in optional boolean aBackwards, in optional boolean aWrapAround, in optional aWholeWord, in optional aSearchInFrames, in optional aShowDialog);
- -->
-
- <p class=XXX><dfn id=dom-find title=dom-find>window.find()</dfn> goes here</p>
-
-<!--FIND-->
-
-
-
-
-
<div data-component="Web Workers (editor: Ian Hickson)"><!--TOPIC:Web Workers-->
<h2 id=workers><span class=secno>9 </span>Web workers</h2>
Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source 2012-06-29 20:42:38 UTC (rev 7160)
+++ source 2012-06-29 20:46:47 UTC (rev 7161)
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@
<li>The <code title="attr-inert">inert</code> global attribute to disable subtrees.</li><!--INERT-->
<li>The <code title="attr-fs-method-dialog-keyword">dialog</code> keyword on the <code>form</code> element's <code title="attr-fs-method">method</code> attribute, for a simpler way to close dialogs.</li><!--FORM-DIALOG-->
<li>The <code title="dom-document-cssElementMap">cssElementMap</code> feature for defining <span title="CSS element reference identifier">CSS element reference identifiers</span>.</li> <!--CSSREF-->
- <li>An experimental specification of the legacy <code title="dom-find">window.find()</code> API.</li><!--FIND-->
<li>Some predefined <a href="#mdvocabs">Microdata vocabularies</a>.</li>
<li>The <code>data</code> element for marking up machine-readable data.</li><!--DATA--><!--FORK-->
<li>The <code title="scheme-http+aes">http+aes:</code> and <code title="scheme-http+aes">https+aes:</code> schemes.</li><!--FORK-->
@@ -76870,9 +76869,6 @@
attribute DOMString <span title="dom-name">name</span>; <!-- not [Replaceable] per WebKit and IE8 -->
[PutForwards=<span title="dom-location-href">href</span>, Unforgeable] readonly attribute <span>Location</span> <span title="dom-location">location</span>;
readonly attribute <span>History</span> <span title="dom-history">history</span>;
-<!--END w3c-html--><!--FIND-->
- boolean <span title="dom-find">find</span>(optional DOMString aString, optional boolean aCaseSensitive, optional boolean aBackwards, optional boolean aWrapAround, optional boolean aWholeWord, optional boolean aSearchInFrames, optional boolean aShowDialog);
-<!--START w3c-html--><!--FIND-->
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <span>BarProp</span> <span title="dom-window-locationbar">locationbar</span>;
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <span>BarProp</span> <span title="dom-window-menubar">menubar</span>;
[Replaceable] readonly attribute <span>BarProp</span> <span title="dom-window-personalbar">personalbar</span>;
@@ -92660,73 +92656,9 @@
<!--REMOVE-TOPIC:Security-->
-<!--END w3c-html--><!--FIND-->
-<!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
- <h3>Text search APIs</h3> <!-- window.find() -->
- <p class="critical">This legacy API is not very interoperably
- implemented, and has a number of design problems (such as having six
- boolean arguments in a row, giving the ability to expose a UA
- dialog, affecting the selection when successful, etc). We may just
- drop it instead.</p>
-
- <!-- use case seems to be to just have an API that allows scripts to
- search for text, then manipulate it (e.g. execCommand).
- Unfortunately it currently destroys the selection to do so (though I
- guess you can save it and restore it). We could provide an API for
- this instead, but it would require changes to execCommand() to work
- on ranges rather than the selection (probably needed anyway, but not
- being worked on as of now) -->
-
- <!-- demo: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1076 -->
-
- <!-- bugs:
-
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672395
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64761
-
- -->
-
- <!-- notes:
-
- if first argument is '', gecko throws a dialog. webkit does not.
-
- aCaseSensitive, if true, matches case.
- Webkit: If false, even if the search string is the equivalent of cåt, it'll still match "cat".
- Gecko: some sort of unicode case-insensitive (aring matches Aring)
-
- search starts from the last place the user placed the invisible cursor
-
- once find() has selected text in a text field, it acts as if the cursor jumps back to the top of the page
-
- aWholeWord has no effect.
-
- Gecko: aWrapAround has no effect.
- WebKit: aWrapAround works by wrapping around at the bottom of the page (top if going backwards).
-
- Gecko: searches iframes if aSearchInFrames is set
- WebKit: doesn't search iframes; aSearchInFrames has no effect.
-
- Gecko: aShowDialog works
- Webkit: does not
-
- Gecko: doesn't work on display:none iframes. (works fine in webkit)
- WebKit: doesn't work before body.onload has fired or some such (works fine in gecko)
-
- -->
-
- <!--
- boolean <span title="dom-find">find</span>(in optional DOMString aString, in optional boolean aCaseSensitive, in optional boolean aBackwards, in optional boolean aWrapAround, in optional aWholeWord, in optional aSearchInFrames, in optional aShowDialog);
- -->
-
- <p class="XXX"><dfn title="dom-find">window.find()</dfn> goes here</p>
-
-<!--START w3c-html--><!--FIND-->
-
<!--END dev-html--><!--END w3c-html-->
-
-
<div data-component="Web Workers (editor: Ian Hickson)"><!--TOPIC:Web Workers-->
<h2 id="workers">Web workers</h2>
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