[whatwg] Should <video controls> generate click events?

[Rick Waldron]

On Wednesday, August 21, 2013, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Rick Waldron <waldron.rick at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Ideally the event.target is defined more specifically, eg. if event
> objects
> > from clicks (and others) on controls had an event.target that was the
> > actual controls element.
>
> What "actual controls element"?  There is no such thing.


I guess I incorrectly assumed that the video element controls in the shadow
subtree could stand in here—sorry for creating confusion and thanks for
setting it straight.

Rick


>
> Again, events based on the actual actions are the way to go.  If
> you're trying to track user's behavior in some way, what happens if
> you're listening for clicks on the controls but they instead do a
> right-click on the video and select "pause" from there?  The scenario
> you're trying to defend is broken from the start. :/
>
> ~TJ
>