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Bug 15874 - The third paragraph under the canvas element write-up: -- When authors use the canvas element, they must also provide content that, when presented to the user, conveys essentially the same function or purpose as the bitmap canvas. This content may be plac
Summary: The third paragraph under the canvas element write-up: -- When authors use th...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (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: 2012-02-03 22:15 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-03-01 00:13 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2012-02-03 22:15:29 UTC
Specification: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top

Comment:
The third paragraph under the canvas element write-up:

--
When authors use the canvas element, they must also provide content that, when
presented to the user, conveys essentially the same function or purpose as the
bitmap canvas. This content may be placed as content of the canvas element.
The contents of the canvas element, if any, are the element's fallback
content.
--

This is very unclear:

The author "must provide content" ... then "The contents of the canvas
element, if any, are the element's fallback content"


does their have to be content or not? I don't know how to demonstrate this
with sample html and code.


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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-03-01 00:13:25 UTC
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: I don't understand. Could you elaborate?