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Bug 9822 - We should be allowed multiple CanvasRenderingContext2D Objects for multitouch devices. By allowing only one context object, we can only draw one element at the time
Summary: We should be allowed multiple CanvasRenderingContext2D Objects for multitouch...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML Canvas 2D Context (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-05-28 21:00 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-05 12:58 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-05-28 21:00:55 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#2dcontext

Comment:
We should be allowed multiple CanvasRenderingContext2D Objects for multitouch
devices. By allowing only one context object, we can only draw one element at
the time

Posted from: 142.157.114.36
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-26 00:43:38 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: I don't understand. Could you elaborate? How are you limited to only one <canvas> element?