[whatwg] Fullscreen feedback

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> One comment: Rather than adding an "allowfullscreen" attribute on
> <iframe>, I would suggest just assuing that sandboxed content (i.e.
> content of iframes with the sandbox="" attribute) can't go fullscreen. I
> can provide a sandbox flag for this state. If we think there are use cases
> for allowing sandboxed iframes to go fullscreen, then I can also add a
> keyword that turns off the flag when present (like "allow-scripts" does
> for scripts). (I'm assuming there are no cases for disabling fullscreen
> for unsandboxed iframes; are there?)
>

What about legacy content that doesn't use "sandbox"? It might expect
cross-origin IFRAMEs to not be able to take over its window, but if the
IFRAME content goes fullscreen, it effectively can.

I think allowing subframes to go fullscreen should always be opt-in.

Rob
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