[whatwg] ISSUE-44 (EventsAndWindow): Should DOM3 Events cover the interaction of events and the Window object? [DOM3 Events]

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Olli Pettay wrote:
>
> Chapter "5.4.4.3. Events and the Window object" [1] says that event is 
> also dispatched to window before (and after) dispatching to DOM nodes. 
> I'd rather say window object is part of the event target chain 
> (unfortunately load event is a special case), so events automatically 
> propagate from document to window. No need to re-dispatch anything. 
> (This is how gecko works ;) )
> 
> Or perhaps that is what the text is trying to say, but it should 
> probably talk about event propagation, not about dispatching to window.

I've tried to clarify this.

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