INPUT/TEXTAREA should support subset of execCommand
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execCommand
- Dominant language
- HTML
- Stars
- 202
- Forks
- 43
- PR merge metrics
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Description
It is useful to support some execCommand, e.g. cut, paste, insertText, undo/redo, in INPUT/TEXTAREA to utilize undo facility with modification.
As of January 2017, Blink and WebKit support execCommand in INPUT/TEXTAREA[1]
[1] http://crbug.com/558919 execCommand should not work on INPUT/TEXTAREA
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the issue text and the linked Chromium discussion at crbug.com/558919, then review how the editing task force documents execCommand behavior for INPUT and TEXTAREA. A complete contribution would define and document the supported command subset, including the expected undo/redo and modification behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- api, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100