[Bug 22653] New: Container visibility when children are visible, but parent is hidden

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22653

            Bug ID: 22653
           Summary: Container visibility when children are visible, but
                    parent is hidden
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebDriver
          Assignee: public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
          Reporter: andreastt@opera.com
        QA Contact: public-browser-tools-testing@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org

At the last W3C webdriver spec meeting we discussed the scenario where
you have an ancestral element hiding it's overflow, and a parent
element with two absolutely position child elements.  The parent
element is not visible to the user, but as a container element for the
two visible child elements it can be considered interactable.

An example is a container element, such as a menu, located
off-viewport with its child elements in-view.  From a user perspective
the menu is definitely visible, should webdriver also consider the
container visible?

See the following patch for an example:

 
https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/commit/1c76adbcb5b718bbf8e4045a1598711fca89868d

The conclusion we reached at the meeting was it we would differentiate
between interactability and visibility.  This has not yet been covered
in the specification.

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Received on Friday, 12 July 2013 14:32:04 UTC