Is it possible to share an explainer (even an inline one) RE the use cases for this and how we expect developers to use this?
On Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 9:56:47 PM UTC+2 Mustaq Ahmed wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM Mike Taylor <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On 6/16/26 11:21 a.m., Chromestatus wrote: >> >> *Contact emails* >> [email protected] >> >> *Specification* >> https://w3c.github.io/pointerevents/#dom-wheelevent-momentum >> >> *Summary* >> The wheel events on many native platforms simulate scrolling inertia: the >> events continue to fire for a while after the user has lifted the finger >> from the trackpad after a fling interaction. This feature exposes a >> momentum attribute in wheel events which is true only for those simulated >> events, differentiating them from the events fired during the physical >> scroll interaction. This lets web developers ignore fling events or >> customize rich fling effects. >> >> *Blink component* >> Blink>Input >> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EInput%22> >> >> *Web Feature ID* >> Missing feature >> >> *Motivation* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Initial public proposal* >> *No information provided* >> >> *TAG review* >> This feature is too small and non-controversial to justify a TAG review. >> >> *TAG review status* >> Not applicable >> >> *Goals for experimentation* >> None >> >> *Risks* >> >> >> *Interoperability and Compatibility* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Gecko*: Positive ( >> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pointer-events/2026JanMar/0148.html#:~:text=smaug%3A%20just%20having%20a%20flag%20should%20be%20easy.%20we%27ll%20just%20have%20to%20do%20%0Asomething%20on%20linux) >> Supported >> the feature during PEWG meeting on 2026-03-11. >> >> *WebKit*: No signal >> >> Can we file real vendor position issues for Gecko and WebKit (but, nice >> to see the comments from Olli)? >> > > Filed standard position requests: > https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1425 and > https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/688 > > >> *Web developers*: Positive ( >> https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/587) See the dev discussion >> and also many thumbs-up emojis. >> >> *Other signals*: >> >> *WebView application risks* >> >> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that >> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >> *No information provided* >> >> >> *Debuggability* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, >> Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?* >> No >> >> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?* >> No >> >> >> *Flag name on about://flags* >> *No information provided* >> >> *Finch feature name* >> WheelEventMomentum >> >> *Rollout plan* >> Will ship enabled for all users >> >> *Requires code in //chrome?* >> False >> >> *Tracking bug* >> https://crbug.com/40704952 >> >> *Estimated milestones* >> Shipping on desktop 151 >> Shipping on Android 151 >> Shipping on WebView 151 >> >> *Anticipated spec changes* >> >> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues >> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may >> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of >> the API in a non-backward-compatible way). >> *No information provided* >> >> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status* >> https://chromestatus.com/feature/6631012282007552?gate=5864164607262720 >> >> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status >> <https://chromestatus.com>. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6a3169e4.9a65a9ce.314fea.0299.GAE%40google.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/6a3169e4.9a65a9ce.314fea.0299.GAE%40google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/9807a897-2c36-4ce5-8e1e-244f92f33139n%40chromium.org.
