[whatwg] [wf2] change event is not cancelable

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Mon Dec 5 12:37:04 PST 2005


On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>
> Quoting Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch>:
> > > <http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#the-click>
> > > 
> > > # If the default action of any of these events is canceled,
> > > # the value of the properties changed must be changed back
> > > # to their original value.
> > > 
> > > Could you make it more clear that this solely applies to 'input' and
> > > 'DOMActivate'. (And not to the 'change' event.)
> > 
> > It applies to all the events mentioned in that section, namely click,
> > DOMActivate, and change. Where's the ambiguity? I'm confused. Why would it
> > not apply to 'change'?
> 
> Because per DOM3Events 'change' can not be canceled. (That is in fact
> implemented.)

Ah, ok. Fixed.

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