[whatwg] <object> behavior
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Thu Dec 10 06:48:55 PST 2009
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Michael A. Puls II wrote:
> > >
> > > O.K., so put simply, HTML5 should explicitly mention that the css
> > > display property for <object>, <embed> (and <applet> in the handling
> > > section) has absolutely no effect on plug-in instantiation and
> > > destroying and has absolutely no effect on @src and @data resource
> > > fetching.
> > >
> > > HTML5 could also be extra clear by example that display: none
> > > doesn't destroy, or prevent the creation of, the plug-in instance
> > > and that changing the display value doesn't destroy the instance.
> > >
> > > Lastly, HTML5 could briefly mention that what the plug-in does when
> > > its window/area is not displayed because of display: none, is
> > > plug-in and plug-in API dependent.
> >
> > I've added a note to this effect.
>
> Also see <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90268#c68>.
> Should probably add a note in the spec that the css overflow and
> position properties don't affect instantiation/destroying etc. (might as
> well add visibility too). And, after that, it'd probably be best to note
> that css in general doesn't affect instantiation/destroying (to avoid
> having to keep on adding CSS properties to the list)
>
> Something like this:
>
> Note: The above algorithm is independent of CSS. For example, it runs
> even if the element is hidden or out-of-view because of the 'display',
> 'position', 'visibility' and 'overflow' properties.
>
> Further, changing the value of any CSS property does not cause the above
> algorithm to run again on the element. For example, changing the
> element's 'display' property from 'inline-block' to 'none' does not
> destroy the loaded resource.
Fair enough. Done something like the above.
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