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Pete Whelpton updated NETBEANS-2533:
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Labels: browser css web (was: )
> Update CSS browser compatibility help - include version number
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> Key: NETBEANS-2533
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2533
> Project: NetBeans
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: web - CSS Editor
> Reporter: Pete Whelpton
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: browser, css, web
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> PropertyCompatibilityHelpResolver.java parse the .properties files in:
> netbeans/ide/css.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/css/editor/module/main/browsers/
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> and then sets the appropriate browser icon (Safari, Chrome, Firefox etc.) as
> active (colourful) or inactive (greyscale) in the Code Completion help
> depending on whether or not the CSS property is found in each browsers
> .property file.
>
> The problems are:
> 1) These .properties files haven't been updated for a very long time, so
> several properties show as not supported by browsers which have now supported
> them for ages.
> 2) Unlike the old days, browsers are pretty quick to implement support, so a
> straight forward supported/not-supported is not so useful now. It would be
> more useful to show which version of a browser support for a CSS feature was
> implemented
> 3) These .properties files are also used to create browser specific version
> of CSS properties e.g. -moz or -webkit properties. As these files have not
> been updated for a long time, Netbeans will not create a lot of browser
> specific properties that are not available
>
> My proposal is:
> 1) The properties files need updating with the latest support for each browser
> 2) Edge needs adding in - this should be a simple case of a new EdgeModule
> class, icons, properties file
> 3) The supported version number for each CSS property should be part of the
> .properties file. The BrowserSpecificDefinitionParser class would need
> updating to parse the properties file for these version numbers
> 4) PropertyCompatibilityHelpResolver.java would need updating to create an
> extra row of HTML in the table containing the browser icons, with the
> supported version number for the property in
>
> The main thing holding me back is finding a good, reliable source of CSS
> browser compatibility that is compatible with the Apache licence / not going
> to cause copyright problems. That seems to rule out MDN etc. and also the
> web pages for each browser that Netbeans original compatibility information
> was taken from no longer exist...
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