[Apologies if you have seen this already!] Hi all,
As a lot of folks here can probably attest to (Hi, Ryosuke! ;) ), the current state of rich text editing amongst various browsers is not ideal. WebKit is better than most, but still not perfect, either. In order to document this and provide a general overview of what works, what plain doesn't, and what is incompatible, we are currently setting up a new rich text editing test suite as part of the larger browserscope ( http://www.browserscope.org) framework. It is largely an extension and generalization of the already existing "RichText" suite there. At the moment we mainly focus on "contentEditable" and related functionalities in JavaScript (i.e., execCommand(), queryCommandValue(), etc.), as well as selection, but aim to extend this for user input and IME in the future, if at all possible. We hope this test suite will help in identifying the main problem areas (by being a handy, friendly, colorful list of bugs), foster discussion about different opinions on implementation, and thus in turn drive interoperability between browsers. The goal is to reach a common set of editing capabilities with well-defined behavior that is (even more) useful for web authors. A beta version can be accessed at http://www.browserscope.org/richtext2/test (note that being beta, the suite is not yet accessible from the main page at http://www.browserscope.org). Please understand that we are still adding and cleaning up tests, and details of the presentation. But at even at the current, early stage it should give a good idea of the direction of the suite. Indeed, as achieving consensus on the tests contained in the suite is meant to be a community effort, it is bound to change and being extended over time, as it solidifies based on contributions from all sides. Since this can only benefit from the participation of as many folks as possible, we would like to ask for input from everyone interested in the area (even if it's just to grumble - I am happy to solidify past and current grievances into new shiny red tests! ;) ). Thusly, for suggestions, criticism, and general discussion on the suite and/or any tests therein, please post a mail (or many!) at the browserscope mailing list at browsersc...@googlegroups.com. Best regards, - Roland Steiner
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