[whatwg] <object> behavior

[Michael A. Puls II]

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:36:27 -0500, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Michael A. Puls II wrote:
>> > >
>> > > 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.
>>
>> That'll work. Could you make the change for <embed> and <applet> too
>> when you have time?
>
> It appears I have already done so.

Thanks.

Please see the note in the <object> element section. It has more detailed  
info. The embed and applet elements have the old, less-detailed note.

-- 
Michael