Closed Bug 1490884 Opened 6 years ago Closed 6 years ago

"paste" event target may be a text node

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(Core :: DOM: Events, enhancement)

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RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla64
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firefox64 --- fixed

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(Reporter: masayuki, Assigned: masayuki)

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"paste" event target may be a text node since nsCopySupport::FireClipboardEvent() decides the event target from selection start container which may be a text node. However, Clipboard API and events defines:

https://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/#fire-a-clipboard-event

> Let target be set as follows:
> 
>     If the context is editable, then
> 
>         Set target to be the element that contains the start of the selection in document order, or the body element if there is no selection or cursor.
> 
>     Else, if the context is not editable, then
> 
>         Set target to be the element that contains the start of the selection in document order, or the body element if there is no selection or cursor.
> 

So, the target should always be an element.

Additionally, when there is no selection, we're using nsCopySupport::FireClipboardEvent() element but it should be <body> or <frameset> element according to this definition.
Clipboard API and events spec, event target of clipboard events should always
be an element node which contains the selection start and if there is no
Selection ranges, should use <body> or <frameset> of the document:
https://www.w3.org/TR/clipboard-apis/#fire-a-clipboard-event

This patch does not include the test for the latter because I have no idea how
to avoid adjusting selection adjustments immediately before pasting in editor's
middle click event handler or enable copy or paste commands without selection
ranges.
Comment on attachment 9008634 [details]
Bug 1490884 - Make nsCopySupport set event target of clipboard events to conform to Clipboard API and events spec

Olli Pettay [:smaug] has approved the revision.
Attachment #9008634 - Flags: review+
Pushed by masayuki@d-toybox.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/b4d300bcaf99
Make nsCopySupport set event target of clipboard events to conform to Clipboard API and events spec r=smaug
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/b4d300bcaf99
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla64
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