[whatwg] Control over selection direction

[Ryosuke Niwa]

Thanks for the clarification.  I have confirmed that this is indeed a bug in
WebKit.  The current spec is correct.

- Ryosuke

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Fri, 6 May 2011, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:
> > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Windows, sure, it should default to "forward" just like the spec
> > > says. But on Mac, it should default to "none", since otherwise the
> > > behaviour is inconsistent with the platform selection behaviour.
> >
> > Why is it inconsistent? DOM Selection works the same way in WebKit.
> > The only case you get non-directional selection in WebKit is if a user
> > set selection by mouse.
>
> It's inconsistent with how selections work on Mac. Open TextEdit, type in
> the string "aouiaoueioethaoieiaoe", press Command+F, type "tha", hit
> Enter, and check to see what direction the selection is. It's not a
> forward selection, it's a default non-directional selection.
>
> IMHO anything in the DOM API that is defaulting newly created selections
> to "'forward' is buggy, since that doesn't match the platform.
>
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