726933 - Warn about getPreventDefault being deprecated

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: DOM: Events, defect)

Description

[Dão Gottwald [:dao]]

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #691151 +++

This is not standard and has a standard alternative (defaultPrevented property).
There is no reason to keep this around forever.

Comment 1

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Attachment: Add a deprecation warning to getPreventDefault

https://tbpl.mozilla.org/?tree=Try&rev=578426a424f9

Comment 2

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/db13e1fbc642

Comment 3

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Reverted (see bug 691151 for details).
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f3afa7937265

Comment 4

[Masatoshi Kimura [:emk]]

Fixed call sites, relanding.
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/dd8f0acfc948

Comment 5

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/dd8f0acfc948

Comment 6

[Kohei Yoshino]

Mentioned in the compatibility document:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Site_Compatibility_for_Firefox_24

The method has already been marked deprecated in other documents.