11856 2011-01-25 03:35:38 +0000 what happens when nothing happens in the getData() algorithm? 2011-08-04 05:03:31 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified PC Windows XP CLOSED FIXED P2 minor --- 1 hsteen ian ayg ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 44695 0 hsteen 2011-01-25 03:35:38 +0000 Regarding: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/dnd.html#dom-datatransfer-getdata : > The getData(format, data) method must run the following steps: > If the DataTransfer object is no longer associated with a drag data store, > abort these steps. Nothing happens. What does "Nothing happens" actually mean? I believe it should return undefined, which might be covered by "nothing happens" but it would be clearer to just say "return undefined". Also, in step 7: > If there is no item in the drag data store item list whose kind is > Plain Unicode string and whose type string is equal to format, return > the empty string and abort these steps. This doesn't match WebKit per my testing, it should return undefined (tested with Chrome/Win). 45841 1 ian 2011-02-18 23:22:08 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Accepted Change Description: see diff given below Rationale: Please file only one issue per bug. Regarding the first thing: oops. Fixed. Getters can never just "do nothing", they always have to return something. Regarding the second thing: It can't return 'undefined', since that's not a kind of DOMString. Sounds like a bug in Chrome. 45843 2 contributor 2011-02-18 23:22:54 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r5909. Check-in comment: 'do nothing' doesn't make sense for a getter. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5908&to=5909 45872 3 hsteen 2011-02-20 14:14:49 +0000 OK, thanks Ian. I've updated three tests to require the empty string. 52668 4 mike 2011-08-04 05:03:31 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1