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This was was cloned from bug 9362 as part of operation LATER convergence. Originally filed: 2010-03-28 22:55:00 +0000 ================================================================================ #0 contributor@whatwg.org 2010-03-28 22:55:03 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-embed-element Comment: <embed> should fire 'load' event so that it's more useful for e.g. SVG Posted from: 85.227.159.51 by simonp@opera.com ================================================================================ #1 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-29 05:34:46 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why not just use <object> or <iframe> or <img> for SVG? <embed> seems like about the worst choice of element to embed it with. ================================================================================ #2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-04-02 07:17:47 +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: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Don't use <embed> with SVG. Use <img>. ================================================================================ #3 Simon Pieters 2010-04-03 02:43:38 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (In reply to comment #1) > Why not just use <object> or <iframe> or <img> for SVG? <object> is more verbose (not a lot, but still), <iframe> has a default border and doesn't resize itself after the image, <img> doesn't support scripting. > <embed> seems like > about the worst choice of element to embed it with. Why? (In reply to comment #2) > Rationale: Don't use <embed> with SVG. Why not? > Use <img>. <img> doesn't support scripting. ================================================================================ #4 Simon Pieters 2010-04-03 02:44:41 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think having a load event would also be useful when embedding scripted plugin content. ================================================================================ #5 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-04-04 06:07:24 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (In reply to comment #4) > I think having a load event would also be useful when embedding scripted plugin > content. SVG aside, this use case seems reasonable to me. ================================================================================ #6 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-04-12 23:36:36 +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: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Yeah, I could see a use case for firing a load event with regular plugins. At this point though I'd rather not add more features; I think we should wait for what is specced already to be tested and implemented interoperably. This isn't a critical feature since you can already do it fine with <object>. ================================================================================