I remember that there was a session to discuss this topic last year's blinkon conference.
- https://docs.google.com/a/chromium.org/document/d/1SDBS1BUJHdXQCvcDoXT2-8o6ATYMjEe9PI9U2VmoSlc/edit?pli=1#heading=h.ywom0phsxcmo Session: 'Deep Dive on editing/selection' However, I couldn't find non-normative notes attached there. I guess no one has clear answer for this topic yet unless there is a progress. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What is expected to happen if a custom element or an element with shadow > DOM is copied and pasted from one contenteditable area to another? > > Are we expected to serialize the composed tree and paste that? > > We can't keep the shadow DOM structure as there is no serialized form for > it, and no script could run when it's pasted. > > I understand that there is no normative documentation on how copy and > paste work to begin with but I'd like to see at least a non-normative note > as to what UAs are expected to do since this would surely have a huge > compatibility and usability implications down the road. > > Any thoughts? > > - R. Niwa > > -- Hayato
