Clarification for <link> behavior in Declarative Shadow DOM
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Description
Hi :),
I'm playing with Declarative shadow dom and found that, if a stylesheet is loaded inside a declarative shadow DOM template, the rendering is blocked. Safari (that also implement declarative shadow DOM) however does not block rendering, which causes a FOUC.
I have been unable to find any note in the specification on which behavior is correct. It would be nice for the stylesheet to be blocking. For now, the only way to avoid the FOUC is to also load the stylesheet at the global scope, but the issue with this approach is that it leaks the style to the main document, which is indesirable.
Thanks.
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Start by reviewing the HTML Standard's treatment of Declarative Shadow DOM and stylesheet loading, then compare the reported rendering behavior with Safari's behavior. Determine which behavior the specification should require and document the normative outcome for link stylesheets inside declarative shadow DOM templates.
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- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100