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EditContext API

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Indexed issues: 32

Dominant language: HTML
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Last GitHub push: Sep 10, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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Accessibility API mapping for EditContext editors Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

w3c/edit-context#150 · Opened Aug 27, 2026
EditContext needs a way to inform IMEs of vertical writing modes Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#149 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Should updateCharacterBounds() throw an error if the bounds are out of range of the text? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

w3c/edit-context#142 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 28, 2026
Support Begin Batch Edit and End Batch Edit for Edit Context Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#141 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 27, 2026
How should canvas EditContext be made accessible? Open

a11y-tracker Agenda+

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

w3c/edit-context#139 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2026
Should textformatupdate be fired with empty formats array when EditContext is deactivated? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

w3c/edit-context#138 · Opened Jun 29, 2026
[meta] Blockers for Gecko EditContext implementation Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#137 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 24, 2026
"double" underline style was removed, but it may be used by some IMEs Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

w3c/edit-context#135 · Opened Jun 15, 2026
Should `beforeinput` be fired for composition? If so what should the target ranges be? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#133 · 11 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Clarify how CompositionEvents should be initialized Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

w3c/edit-context#129 · 3 comments · Opened May 5, 2026
Improve timing for Update the Text Edit Context Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

w3c/edit-context#127 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2026
How to make Context Menu show the EditContext selection instead of the canvas items Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#121 · Opened Mar 28, 2026
Should multiple selection ranges be supported? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#120 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 23, 2026
The interaction between composition and `updateText`/`updateSelection` should be more clearly defined Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

w3c/edit-context#111 · 11 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2024
EditContext.text can be problematic from performance point of view Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#107 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 27, 2024
`EditContext.text` should not extend by default Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#104 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 23, 2024
Extending the list of supported elements Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#103 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 12, 2024
What are the most significant benefits of the EditContext API compared to hidden textarea ? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#102 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 8, 2024
Undo manager Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#98 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 24, 2024
Representing state changes as multiple distinct asynchronous events can be awkward Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#97 · Opened Apr 9, 2024
How does characterboundsupdate interact with multi-codeunit characters? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#96 · 6 comments · Opened Apr 9, 2024
Making it possible to associate the EditContext with multiple Elements Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#95 · Opened Apr 2, 2024
Undo Functionality Not Working? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

w3c/edit-context#92 · Opened Feb 14, 2024
Should selection start/end be limited to the size of the text? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#88 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 23, 2024
Clarify `contenteditable="false"` elements which is associated with an `EditContext` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/edit-context#70 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 13, 2023
Can we remove TextFormat.textColor? Open

needs-spec-edits

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

w3c/edit-context#54 · 12 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 31, 2023
Would it be useful to have an activeEditContext property on document? Open

enhancement

w3c/edit-context#4 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 21, 2022
ITextEditProvider::GetActiveComposition and GetConversionTarget Open

enhancement

w3c/edit-context#1 · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 2, 2022
When EditContext.updateSelection is called with offset between a surrogate pair, what should happen? Open

i18n-tracker

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#28 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 13, 2021
It might help to write clearer code, if EditContext would have some attributes Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#25 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 13, 2021
Expose keyboard language? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#15 · 6 comments · Opened Oct 7, 2021
EditContext: Is a pseudo class selecting elements which is attached by an `EditContext` useful? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/edit-context#12 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 28, 2021

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