ISSUE-128: Define preventDefault to account for pre-propagation default actions
preventDefault
Define preventDefault to account for pre-propagation default actions
- State:
 - CLOSED
 - Product:
 - HISTORICAL: DOM3 Events [All Bugs and Issues use Bugzilla: http://tinyurl.com/Bugs-DOM3Events]
 - Raised by:
 - Doug Schepers
 - Opened on:
 - 2010-09-15
 - Description:
 - Simon Pieters <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2010JulSep/0125.html>:
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The definition of preventDefault does not talk about default actions that
happen before the event propagation (like 'change' on checkboxes).
]] - Related Actions Items:
 - No related actions
 - Related emails:
 - Re: ISSUE-128 (preventDefault): Define preventDefault to account for pre-propagation default actions [DOM3 Events] (from jrossi@microsoft.com on 2011-04-15)
 - ISSUE-128 (preventDefault): Define preventDefault to account for pre-propagation default actions [DOM3 Events] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2010-09-15)
 
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LAST CALL
Doug Schepers, 15 Sep 2010, 18:08:06Revision 1.165. Clarified the behavior of preventDefault() when default actions occur prior to the event's dispatch. This is also covered in Section 3.2 (http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/DOM-Level-3-Events/html/DOM3-Events.html#event-flow-default-cancel).
Jacob Rossi, 15 Apr 2011, 06:03:56Display change log