Good to know. Thanks folks. On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 12:04 PM Mike Taylor <miketa...@chromium.org> wrote:
> +1 - no approvals needed. :) > On 8/9/24 1:20 AM, Domenic Denicola wrote: > > If this method was only ever enabled behind a flag, I don't think this > removal requires any API owner approval. Happy removing! > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 10:30 PM Chromestatus < > ad...@cr-status.appspotmail.com> wrote: > >> Contact emails schen...@chromium.org >> >> Explainer None >> >> Specification https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8216 >> >> Summary >> >> The scrollPathIntoView method on CanvasRenderingContext2D was implemented >> in Chrome behind a flag, but never shipped and never implemented by any >> other browsers in the nearly 10 years of its existence. The WHATWG has >> agreed to remove the method due to lack of interest. It has zero usage >> according to the stats, and MDN says it is not implemented anywhere. We are >> removing the method and associated flag and tests. >> >> >> Blink component Blink>Canvas >> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3ECanvas> >> >> Motivation >> >> The scrollPathIntoView method has been in the spec since 2011 and no >> browsers have shipped it yet, though there is an experimental >> implementation hidden behind a runtime flag in Chromium. There seems to be >> no implementer or web developer interest for this feature: No usage >> reported in chromestatus No related outstanding issues in the chromium >> issue tracker. No activity on the WebKit issue until it was just closed: >> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149987 Firefox bug has been open >> for 10 years with no activity: >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1120401 It was agreed by >> WHATWG to remove the method after a suggestion from Justin Novosad, and >> there is even a WPT test ensuring it is removed ( >> https://wpt.fyi/results/html/canvas/historical.window.html, >> "CanvasRenderingContext2D.scrollPathIntoView method is removed"). It has >> now been removed from the spec and from MDN. >> >> >> Initial public proposal None >> >> TAG review None >> >> TAG review status Not applicable >> >> Risks >> >> >> Interoperability and Compatibility >> >> None >> >> >> *Gecko*: No signal >> >> *WebKit*: No signal >> >> *Web developers*: No signals >> >> *Other signals*: >> >> WebView application risks >> >> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that >> it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >> >> None >> >> >> Debuggability >> >> None >> >> >> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md> >> ? No >> >> Flag name on chrome://flags None >> >> Finch feature name None >> >> Non-finch justification None >> >> Requires code in //chrome? False >> >> Estimated milestones >> >> No milestones specified >> >> >> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status >> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5891170383953920?gate=6550238987550720 >> >> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status >> <https://chromestatus.com>. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "blink-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/000000000000fb93b6061f2c07e6%40google.com >> <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/000000000000fb93b6061f2c07e6%40google.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM0wra_9_CvXEWJ%2BfXqSZSh8%3Dg4EXaeWyiKrWV1g%2BGe6cbxHrg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM0wra_9_CvXEWJ%2BfXqSZSh8%3Dg4EXaeWyiKrWV1g%2BGe6cbxHrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blink-dev+unsubscr...@chromium.org. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAGsbWzS4aJh5pDAqgk%2BfEZXE30%3D9DQ1Kbrb8iOZkDRwYJhTG2g%40mail.gmail.com.
