[whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

2011-01-28 Thread Aryeh Gregor
Test case: !doctype html p id=testAbcdefghi script var selection = getSelection(); var p = document.getElementById(test).firstChild; var range = document.createRange(); range.setStart(p, 0); range.setEnd(p, 1); selection.removeAllRanges(); selection.addRange(range); var range =

Re: [whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

2011-01-28 Thread Boris Zbarsky
On 1/28/11 10:59 AM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: 1) Are there real-world use-cases for multiple Ranges per Selection, or was it just an attempt to be as general as possible? In Gecko you can select table cells in a table. For example, load this document: data:text/html,tabletrtd1td2trtd3td4

Re: [whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

2011-01-28 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Aryeh Gregor simetrical+...@gmail.comsimetrical%2b...@gmail.com wrote: 2) Have WebKit or Opera run into any websites that depend on being able to use multiple Ranges per Selection? As far as I know, there is no bug filed against this, which seems to imply

Re: [whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

2011-01-28 Thread Tim Down
On 28 January 2011 16:53, Ryosuke Niwa rn...@webkit.org wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Aryeh Gregor simetrical+...@gmail.comsimetrical%2b...@gmail.com wrote: 2) Have WebKit or Opera run into any websites that depend on being able to use multiple Ranges per Selection? As far as I

Re: [whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

2011-01-28 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Tim Down timd...@gmail.com wrote: Not anytime soon as far as I'm concerned. We do have a comment in the code indicating there had been a plan, but I don't think anyone is actively working on it. Because we haven't had much complaints from users and

Re: [whatwg] Request for implementer feedback: multiple Ranges per Selection

2011-01-28 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Aryeh Gregor simetrical+...@gmail.comsimetrical%2b...@gmail.com wrote: 1) Are there real-world use-cases for multiple Ranges per Selection, or was it just an attempt to be as general as possible? 2) Have WebKit or Opera run into any websites that depend on