ISSUE-13: What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change?

What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change?

State:

CLOSED

Product:

Touch Events v1 spec

Raised by:

Cathy Chan

Opened on:

2011-04-04

Description:

The touchmove event currently has a literal meaning of tracking movement of a touch point:

3.5 The touchmove event
A user agent must dispatch this event type to indicate when the user moves a touch point along the touch surface, even outside the interactive area of the target element.

What events, if any, should fire when other attributes of a touch point changes? This includes the size and shape of the touch area (radiusX, radiusY, rotationAngle) and the force being applied. This could also potentially include the depression of the modififer keys (alt/ctrl/meta/shift), even if those attributes are moved to the TouchEvent interface as is being discussed in ISSUE-12.

Should a new event type be created, or should the touchmove event be "overloaded" to cover these attributes?

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-39 on Matt Brubeck to Commit proposal to issue-13 to Hg and add some non-normative text re sample rates being impl-specific - due 2011-04-19, closed
• ACTION-42 on Arthur Barstow to Close issue-13 after Matt addresses action-39 - due 2011-04-19, closed

Related emails:

1. RE: WebEvents-ISSUE-13: What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change? [Touch Events spec] (from Cathy.Chan@nokia.com on 2011-04-13)
2. Re: WebEvents-ISSUE-13: What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change? [Touch Events spec] (from mbrubeck@mozilla.com on 2011-04-12)
3. Draft minutes: 12 April 2011 call (from art.barstow@nokia.com on 2011-04-12)
4. Draft agenda: 12 April 2011 call (from art.barstow@nokia.com on 2011-04-11)
5. Re: WebEvents-ISSUE-13: What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change? [Touch Events spec] (from mbrubeck@mozilla.com on 2011-04-06)
6. WebEvents-ISSUE-13: What event(s), if any, should fire when non-positional attributes of a touch point change? [Touch Events spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2011-04-04)

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