w3c / w3c/webdriver

Avoid use of the "paint tree" term

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Description

This is really a term used by Blink, and we should probably choose something better.

Mostly this means renaming an element "pointer-interactable paint tree".

A "pointer-interactive list of elements in paint order" is wordy, but semantically accurate.

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Research direction

Search the WebDriver specification for “paint tree” and the “pointer-interactable paint tree” term. Update the terminology consistently wherever it appears, then verify that the old term no longer remains in the specification.

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Tech stack
html
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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