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[cssom-view] Specify scroll "latching"

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Description

CSS OM View needs to describe the browser behavior of "latching", where which element is going to scroll is only evaluated at the start of a gesture, and not independently for each event.

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Research direction

Start by locating the CSS OM View specification and reviewing its existing descriptions of scrolling and input gestures. Define how scroll latching should be described so the scroll target is evaluated at gesture start rather than for each event; done means the specification clearly documents this behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
css
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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