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[focusgroup] Feature detection should be possible without running javascript on the page.

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Description

Originally reported here: https://bsky.app/profile/knowler.dev/post/3mr5356if2c2g

focusgroup is intended to allow authors to remove JS but in order to use the feature today, an author must use JS to detect the feature. This isn't an ideal situation.

This related issue was brought up as a potential solution.
https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/9746

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Research direction

Start by reading the focusgroup proposal and the related CSSWG issue 9746. Determine how authors could detect focusgroup support without running page JavaScript, then document or specify the approach and its completion criteria while preserving the feature’s JavaScript-free goal.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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