Thanks Rick!

I requested a web feature ID at web-features/issues/4100
<https://github.com/web-platform-dx/web-features/issues/4100> already. I
thought I added the link somewhere on the Chromestatus page, sorry!


On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM Rick Byers <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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