1904279 - Get rid of `dom.w3c_pointer_events.dispatch_click_as_pointer_event` pref once the fix of bug 1675847 is shipped in the release channel

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, task)

Description

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)(PTO: 9/19-9/27)]

Currently, it depends on a pref, dom.w3c_pointer_events.dispatch_click_as_pointer_event, whether trused click/auxclick/contextmenu events are fired as MouseEvent or PointerEvent. Therefore, their dispatchers have ugly code to dispatch same event with different event classes. So, once we ship it, we should remove the pref ASAP. (I guess that it's the best timing that immediately before the merge from beta to release.)

Comment 1

[Masayuki Nakano [:masayuki] (he/him)(JST, +0900)(PTO: 9/19-9/27)]

Attachment: Bug 1904279 - Get rid of `dom.w3c_pointer_events.dispatch_click_as_pointer_event` pref r=smaug!,#dom-core

Keep supporting the pref makes a lot of click, auxclick and contextmenu
event creators complicated (and look messy). So, let's delete it as soon as
possible.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/3b42bb6f097c
Get rid of `dom.w3c_pointer_events.dispatch_click_as_pointer_event` pref r=smaug,pip-reviewers,search-reviewers,devtools-reviewers,urlbar-reviewers,nchevobbe,dao,jteow,mconley

Comment 3

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/3b42bb6f097c