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Bug 20873 - Pointercancel should also implicitly release capture
Summary: Pointercancel should also implicitly release capture
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: PointerEventsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Pointer Events specification (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jacob Rossi [MSFT]
QA Contact: Pointer Events Bugzilla list
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Reported: 2013-02-05 04:30 UTC by Jacob Rossi [MSFT]
Modified: 2013-02-07 02:25 UTC (History)
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Description Jacob Rossi [MSFT] 2013-02-05 04:30:29 UTC 
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/pointerevents/raw-file/tip/pointerEvents.html#implicit-release-of-pointer-capture

> 4. In "7.3 Implicit Release of Pointer Capture", should the requirement also
apply to the firing of the pointercancel event?

Yes it should. 

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pointer-events/2013JanMar/0057.html
Comment 1 Jacob Rossi [MSFT] 2013-02-07 02:25:26 UTC 
Making change per 2/5 telecon resolution.
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/pointerevents/rev/efb8cc6bcd88

RESOLUTION: http://www.w3.org/2013/02/05-pointerevents-minutes.html#item05