Chromestatus warned me there is no response to the web feature question.
Reading the guidance
<https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md#hints-for-distinguishing-features>,
I think probably you should request a new web feature ID for this, WDYT?


On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote:

> Great, LGTM1
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM Mustaq Ahmed <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Happy to see this ship (after apparently dropping the ball on it myself
>>> <https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/587#issuecomment-3740724369>
>>> over a decade ago)!
>>>
>>> Shouldn't there at least be a WPT for the existence of the `momentum`
>>> (i.e. in the IDL tests for WheelEvent)?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, we have a test already for idl coverage, thanks for the catch! I
>> updated the chromestatus entry to mention this:
>> pointerevents/idlharness.https.window.html
>> <https://wpt.fyi/results/pointerevents/idlharness.https.window.html?label=experimental&label=master&aligned>
>>  (see
>> "attribute momentum").
>>
>>   Ideally there'd also be a test that verifies the bool gets plumbed
>>> through, i,.e. by extending webdriver wheel actions. Might web developers
>>> need that for proper automated testing of these advanced scrolling UX? Can
>>> you at least file a bug to track the missing automation here? I'm OK not
>>> blocking shipping on that if you prefer.
>>>
>>
>> I filed this feature request for TestDriver:
>> web-platform-tests/wpt/issues/60724
>> <https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/issues/60724>
>>
>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM Yoav Weiss (@Shopify) <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>
>> A custom scroll curve that decays faster during the momentum phase comes
>> to mind. I believe we can review web developers' comments about it to
>> find more use cases (for context, this feature appears in the top third
>> of the spec-reactions
>> <https://foolip.github.io/spec-reactions/#:~:text=w3c/pointerevents%23587>
>>  dashboard). Unfortunately, I'll need some time before I can complete a
>> useful demo.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> 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
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