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    Editorial reviews

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    Dev-doc-needed bugs

    Found 221 bugs. Learn more about how to resolve a dev-doc-needed bug.

    Bug Summary Release
    1205219 [Presentation WebAPI] Support terminate semantics FxOS-S9 (16Oct)
    1192101 [Presentation WebAPI] support PresentationRequest / PresentationAvailability / getSession(s) FxOS-S8 (02Oct)
    1069230 [Stingray] Presentation API webidl implementation FxOS-S5 (21Aug)
    1080474 [Presentation WebAPI] Device discovery mechanism 2.2 S4 (23jan)
    1013913 Add meta name="theme-color" to have configurable status bar color 2.1 S3 (29aug)
    899574 Notification API follow-up: provide a way to get current Notification objects 1.3 Sprint 3 - 10/25
    1268361 Strip leading '?' in `new URLSearchParams(query)` mozilla49
    1224186 Implement DOMTokenList's new replace() method mozilla49
    1178337 Valid referrer attribute values mozilla49
    1267932 Update EventSource.webidl mozilla49
    809865 Disable inputmode for Firefox 17 and Firefox 18 ---
    962747 Hide Window.openDialog from content ---
    433616 [FIX]Need facility for managing documents referenced via local URI references ---
    609555 beforescriptexecute/afterscriptexecute should use moz prefix or should be defined in some specification ---
    916089 Meta-bug for DataStore ---
    1080177 Add "h" support to img srcset ---
    605271 Don't let scripts QI elements to non-classinfo interfaces ---
    1256178 Drop the moz prefix from the MozCSSKeyframeRule and MozCSSKeyframesRule interfaces mozilla48
    1259169 nsICookieManager::remove() should be back-compatible for 1 or 2 releases. mozilla48
    1104955 Implement IDL [Unscopable] mozilla48
    1261405 PushPermissionDescriptor in Permissions.webidl is wrong ('userVisible' should be 'userVisibleOnly') mozilla48
    1265941 Rename ReferrerPolicy "origin-only" attribute to "origin" mozilla48
    1055776 Investigate moving namespaceURI, prefix, and localName to Element and Attr mozilla48
    1173320 Allow FileList objects to contain Directory objects mozilla48
    811259 implement Element.insertAdjacentText and Element.insertAdjacentElement mozilla48
    1257877 Remove support for UTF-16 from TextEncoder mozilla48
    1260511 navigator.registerProtocolHandler throws a number as an exception, rather than an Error object mozilla48
    1262739 Remove support for splash_screens member in Manifest Processor mozilla48
    1216751 provide forEach() method on iterable<> webidl interfaces mozilla47
    993311 Convert Network Stats API to WebIDL mozilla47
    1251627 Fix the exceptions XMLHttpRequest (XHR) send() throws to follow the spec more mozilla47
    743198 Unprefix the DOM fullscreen API mozilla47
    1227906 HTML `pattern` attribute should set `u` flag for regular expressions mozilla46
    1162658 Update FormData to match latest spec mozilla46
    1227206 Location.assign and Location.replace should use USVStrings instead DOMStrings mozilla45
    1213815 searchParams is just on URL mozilla45
    1227458 Alias setAttributeNode to setAttributeNodeNS and setNamedItem to setNamedItemNS mozilla45
    1214148 AudioChannel API design doesn't fit into nested mozbrowser iframe case. mozilla45
    1167465 Exposing Allowed Audio Channels in System App's Window mozilla44
    1196654 [Browser API] Implement a proxy API allowing content to control it's embedding frame mozilla44
    949376 event.initMessageEvent is not a function mozilla44
    1216193 Implement webkitMatchesSelector mozilla44
    1145744 Disallow Cache API in 3rd party windows when 3rd party cookies are disabled mozilla43
    1191178 Add PerformanceRenderTiming and PerformanceCompositeTiming webidl mozilla43
    1165796 Implement Performance Observer mozilla43
    1131470 w3c screen orientation api has changed mozilla43
    1177688 Implement Directory.getContents() and Directory.path mozilla42
    1148044 Split nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_SUBDOCUMENT into TYPE_FRAME and TYPE_IFRAME so that Request.context can reflect the correct value mozilla42
    1177991 document.adoptNode on a ShadowRoot should throw a HierarchyRequestError exception mozilla42
    1148593 addEventListener should use JS::AutoSetAsyncStackForNewCalls mozilla42
    1164310 Implement MS's proposal for a reduced subset of the new FileSystem API mozilla42
    1127380 Implement AnimationPlayer.playbackRate mozilla42
    1176757 shadowRoot.cloneNode() returns a DocumentFragment, should throw DataCloneError mozilla42
    1148030 Split nsIContentPolicy::TYPE_OBJECT into TYPE_EMBED and TYPE_OBJECT so that Request.context can reflect the correct value mozilla42
    1177914 document.importNode on a ShadowRoot should throw a NotSupportedError exception mozilla42
    1107443 Make WindowProxy throw if you attempt to define a non-configurable property mozilla42
    1113086 Implement AudioChannel API into BrowserElement mozilla42
    1123516 implement support for maplike/setlike in Web IDL bindings mozilla42
    1165263 Use origin for nsIPermissionManager mozilla42
    1174731 Make searchParams attribute readonly mozilla41
    1143879 Implement lang member of Web manifest mozilla41
    1153734 Rename Animation to KeyframeEffect (and merge in AnimationEffect) mozilla40
    1160892 Url.createObjectURL(blob) creates invalid URL on unicode non-ascii domain mozilla40
    1148496 Allow to set an interface member as [Deprecated] in WebIDL mozilla40
    1152171 Rename AnimationTimeline to DocumentTimeline mozilla40
    1154615 Rename AnimationPlayer to Animation mozilla40
    853162 Remove XMLHttpRequest sendAsBinary mozilla39
    1073379 Make AnimationPlayer.startTime writeable mozilla39
    1130663 requestsync-manager API to allow for an immediate sync mozilla38
    1134559 DOMContentLoaded should not be cancelable mozilla38
    1017875 Pref on the picture element by default mozilla38
    782751 Implement the User Timing spec mozilla38
    1111633 Implement Unresolved Element Pseudoclass for Custom Elements mozilla38
    1115130 Output logging metadata from User Timing marks and measures mozilla38
    1073231 Implement valid Request and Response clone() method mozilla38
    1018320 Implement RequestSync API for FirefoxOS mozilla38
    1096328 Remove nativeOwnership from Bindings.conf mozilla38
    1065366 Implement ServiceWorkerGlobalScope update() mozilla37
    704320 Implement <meta name="referrer"> mozilla36
    1070745 Implement play and pause on AnimationPlayer mozilla36
    1036606 Add options dict and vrDevice to mozRequestFullScreen mozilla36
    1067701 Implement Animation.target mozilla35
    1047483 Porting DOMFile/DOMBlob to WebIDL mozilla35
    1035060 Implement AbortablePromise mozilla35
    969490 Implement Components.utils.now() to match Performance.now() for non-window chrome code mozilla35
    1048293 File::mozFullPath attribute should not be exposed to content. mozilla35
    916607 Convert MozSmsSegmentInfo to WebIDL dictionary mozilla34
    887541 Implement web components event retargeting. mozilla34
    1045993 Implement AnimationEffect and AnimationEffect.name mozilla34
    1058470 Update blob URL and origin related code mozilla34
    966471 DOM Promise state, value and reason should be inspectable in the debugger (like Promise.jsm) mozilla33
    857648 stack property on DOMException errors is missing/undefined mozilla33
    1000199 Enable Web Components by default for certified apps mozilla33
    966452 DOM Promises should report all unhandled rejections to the Console on GC (like Promise.jsm) mozilla33
    870022 Implement `picture` element mozilla33
    997285 Put Error.prototype on the proto chain of DOMExceptions mozilla32
    1003539 HTMLTableElement.insertRow doesn't insert the row at the right place when table has a thead or tfoot, no tbody, and no rows mozilla32
    1020440 Create DOM interfaces and stub for the requestAutocomplete method and events mozilla32
    891952 Update empty string handling in named getters to spec changes mozilla32
    936813 Implement "onresourcetimingbufferfull" callback for Resource Timing. mozilla32
    983502 Implement and expose the feature detection API to privileged apps mozilla32
    870021 Implement `srcset` attribute on `img` mozilla32
    986837 Port most of the network stats API to WebIDL mozilla32
    874212 Move document.all to WebIDL mozilla32
    528456 Implement scoped selectors for querySelector(All) mozilla32
    968272 use less conservative temporary storage policy in QuotaManager mozilla32
    990220 Enable navigator.sendBeacon by default on desktop and Android mozilla31
    355430 Stack information of uncaught Error object should be available in window.onerror mozilla31
    822480 Add in the Resource Timing API mozilla31
    897359 Remove unimplemented method in nsCrypto mozilla31
    866528 Make nsIDOMActivityOptions a Dictionary mozilla31
    986542 .onClick event handler function not firing if defined in a document that was in a now-removed iframe mozilla31
    845690 Support meta viewport in Firefox OS apps mozilla30
    966348 Rename Promise.cast to Promise.resolve mozilla30
    923247 Nice feature to have is mute and volume per window mozilla30
    969030 Remove the caller from document.all mozilla30
    981036 Disallow calling WebIDL constructors as functions for system callers in non-release builds mozilla30
    960945 MozConnection should be NoInterfaceObject mozilla30
    964192 Remove the required argument to captureEvents/releaseEvents mozilla30
    856140 Update document.register to adhere to the latest Custom Element spec mozilla30
    936340 Implement navigator.sendBeacon mozilla30
    981652 Dispatch "select" events from HTMLInputElement/HTMLTextAreaElement.setSelectionRange() and selection setters mozilla30
    959988 Remove URLSearchParams.prototype.size mozilla29
    879245 Implement thenables for promises mozilla29
    887928 document.referrer should be based on the incumbent script for location-based navigation mozilla29
    827161 Implement ValidityState.badInput mozilla29
    959684 Implement URLSearchParams stringifier mozilla29
    887538 Implement web components shadow element. mozilla29
    887836 Implement URLSearchParams mozilla29
    675579 The user setting input or textarea direction does not set the element's dir and does not fire the input event mozilla29
    939332 Add Promise.all, Promise.cast, Promise.race mozilla29
    949488 postMessage's targetOrigin argument should accept / mozilla29
    806506 Implement web components ShadowRoot interface. mozilla28
    933193 add getElementById on DocumentFragment mozilla28
    909254 Stop using jsapi for HTMLCollection.namedItem mozilla28
    854736 Implement web components content element. mozilla28
    840488 Add a much faster way to do the "is script enabled for this global?" check mozilla28
    850364 Implement setRangeText(DOMString) in HTMLInputElement mozilla27
    920015 Expose DOM URL to js modules mozilla27
    918940 Implement setRangeText(DOMString) for HTMLTextAreaElement mozilla27
    920877 make media fragment: -moz-resolution work for blob files mozilla27
    856977 Alert is still possible in onbeforeunload mozilla27
    926890 Throw JavaScript exceptions for URL mozilla27
    910220 HTMLDocument throws on assignment to named properties even in non-strict mode mozilla26
    915450 [Web Notifications] cannot inspect notification properties (ie. title, tag, body, etc) mozilla26
    677638 (MessageChannel) Implement HTML5's channel messaging API mozilla26
    897913 Turn on Promise for b2g mozilla26
    848294 Update MessageEvent to be compatible with the spec mozilla26
    911213 Implement new promise constructor mozilla26
    760851 Add toJSON accessors on Performance and related interfaces mozilla25
    894448 Remove nativeOwnership = 'nsisupports' mozilla25
    888576 Follow the spec for document.body mozilla25
    892609 Implement [ArrayClass] support mozilla25
    870856 Convert DOMError to WebIDL mozilla24
    856410 Implement promises mozilla24
    870787 Improve named getter for form mozilla24
    855971 Switch HTMLDocument to WebIDL bindings mozilla23
    525444 Expose text to speech (TTS) capability to content mozilla23
    866272 expose privileged access to mcc+mnc pair for last home network and roaming network mozilla23
    690938 Support Bluetooth controllers for gamepad API mozilla23
    861495 Transplant getOuterWindowWithId from nsIDOMWindowUtils to a window-related service mozilla23
    818976 Implement web components template. mozilla22
    845010 Provide an API to retrieve the current document's scrollbar size (not only width) mozilla22
    767944 Implement a manager for centralized quota and storage handling mozilla22
    852846 Implement PutForwards for .style mozilla22
    783129 Implement the document.register interface method mozilla22
    830858 Implement a generic way to dispatch events to chrome only mozilla21
    826166 Remove an ability to set higher JS versions via language attribute mozilla21
    827546 |non editable element|.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIDOMNSEditableElement) does not throw anymore mozilla21
    617532 implement the HTML5 "undo history" feature (UndoManager interface) mozilla20
    821606 Turn on WebIDL bindings for Element and HTMLElement mozilla20
    824970 convert nsIDOMRect to webidl mozilla20
    821593 convert RGBColor to webidl mozilla20
    656311 Remove XML Events, or improve the implementation mozilla19
    749448 Remove XTF mozilla19
    801402 Use EncodingUtils::FindEncodingForLabel instead of nsCharsetAlias::GetPreferred from HTML5 parser and DOM APIs mozilla19
    809290 document.referrer should be based on the script entry point mozilla19
    795930 ArchiveReader should live behind a pref mozilla19
    776416 Remove exceptions to 5MB quota rule in localStorage mozilla18
    783531 Implement a "select word at point" text selection routine in nsIDOMWindowUtils mozilla18
    787378 Dispatch a "firstpaint" event for mozbrowsers mozilla18
    564815 implement window.devicePixelRatio mozilla18
    744907 Remove BlobBuilder mozilla18
    784402 Pointer Lock must respect iframe sandbox flag mozilla18
    769254 Clicking a target=_blank link inside <iframe mozbrowser> crashes Gecko, should pass opened URL to mozbrowseropenwindow event mozilla17
    772434 Blob support for Zip file contents mozilla17
    672814 Increase the set of script @type values that nsScriptLoader treats as JavaScript mozilla17
    774705 Throw a TypeError when trying to construct an interface without a constructor mozilla17
    600111 XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader() throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE inappropriately mozilla17
    391834 Don't allow alert/confirm/prompt in onbeforeunload, onunload and onpagehide mozilla17
    776376 Old FCKeditor versions (e.g. 2.6.6) stopped working due to navigator.productSub sniffing mozilla17
    779626 Javascript-global-constructor objects should be passed a window reference mozilla17
    743888 Replace SVGException and XPathException with DOMException mozilla16
    769771 add ability to opt-in to content docshell for html:iframes inserted into chrome documents mozilla16
    773734 Have a separate preference to only enable the gc/cc notifications mozilla16
    591467 Implement HTML Microdata API mozilla16
    695480 Remove support for Chrome -> Content leaks mozilla15
    752402 Blob constructor should take ArrayBufferView as a member of blobParts parameter in addition to ArrayBuffer mozilla15
    756066 StorageEventInit.key should be nullable mozilla15
    625664 accelerometer support using Windows 7 Sensor API mozilla15
    663057 support RFC2231/5987 encoding for title parameter in HTTP link header fields mozilla15
    510849 web storage (localStorage/sessionStorage) empty string as key not supported mozilla15
    749920 Unprefix MozMutationObserver and add a warning about use of mutation events mozilla15
    754553 Remove indexed property access from localStorage/sessionStorage mozilla15
    702880 Allow pages to explicitly change visibilityState of child iframes mozilla15
    641821 Implement mutation events replacement (sync approach) (using moz prefix) mozilla14
    738647 DOMStorageImpl::GetKey shouldn't throw mozilla14
    740771 Stringify null for Storage.getItem/setItem/removeItem mozilla14
    532062 localStorage/sessionStorage should return undefined (not null) for undefined keys mozilla14
    697132 Create API for content to keep the screensaver from turning on (or to prevent phone/tablet's screen from turning off) mozilla14
    733035 need a way to postMessage from sandboxes (without source window object) mozilla14
    740069 Land Paris Bindings and use them for XMLHttpRequest mozilla14
    708176 [WebAPI] Allow privileged pages to access cross-origin properties in child iframes mozilla12
    704175 requestAnimationFrame callback function name should be "sample", not "onBeforePaint" mozilla11
    707576 Remove nsIDOMNSElement mozilla11
    648801 Prototype a proxy-based NodeList implementation mozilla10
    684821 Remove nsIDOMNSHTMLElement mozilla10
    695935 Make document.mozRequestFullScreen() asynchronous mozilla10
    687087 Support "chunked" data for XMLHttpRequest mozilla9
    567357 Fire a DOMWindowCreated DOM event to match the observer notification in bug 549539 mozilla2.0b6
    323810 [FIXr]Move forcing into tabs and current windows out of Gecko mozilla1.9alpha1

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    Documentation requests

    Found 24 bugs. Documentation request bugs can contain various kinds work related to MDN pages. Read through the bug and ask questions in the bug if in doubt.

    Bug Summary
    729109 Make sure synchronous XHR examples don't appear on MDN
    805571 Mozilla event reference needs XMLHttpRequest timeout event
    827863 Fix touch events example code regarding pageX/pageY offset postion
    891086 documentElement.scrollHeight/clientHeight documentation incorrect
    952746 Document key codes
    973223 Add browser compatibility info for Element.prototype.setCapture
    1074424 Document registerElement
    1094394 Missing Web Crypto Api documentation and examples
    1146459 Document the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API on MDN
    1150158 Document subpages of DOMTokenList
    1168839 Document members of HTMLImageElement
    1209624 Sidebar missing change event
    1230772 Document XPathResult.iterateNext()
    1249293 Updating and/or clarifying support for location
    1250893 page not found https://developer.mozilla.org/fr/docs/Web/API/NamedNodeMap/setNamedItem
    1253636 Broken URL
    1256023 Geo Location issue
    1258743 Please provide example implementation of EventTarget
    1259708 Element.getBoundingClientRect: CSS transforms consideration legit ?
    1261274 Search for exact page title does not show that page in the results
    1262999 Verify and sign use object reference as first argument
    1265467 DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument requires a 'title' param in IE
    1266395 window.frameElement return null not only in top context
    1267942 Note that DataTransfer.clearData can't be called from drop handler

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    Localizations

    Please help us to localize this documentation into different languages. Read more about how to translate.

    Language Pages Translated Translations up to date
    fr 685 169 (24%) 26 (15%)
    ko 744 41 (5%) 8 (19%)

    Notes

    Tagging standard

    • Grouping tag is: "DOM"

    Other tasks to do

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    Tutorial to-do list

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    Notes for translators

    Any notes here? Where do we expect updates, so that localizers don't translate and update too often?

    Specifications

    The interfaces defined in the following specifications are tracked by this status page:

    Specification Status Comment
    DOM Living Standard  
    DOM Parsing and Serialization Living Standard  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification Recommendation  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification Recommendation  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification Recommendation  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification Recommendation  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification Recommendation  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification Working Draft  
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification Recommendation  
    Element Traversal Specification Recommendation  
    High Resolution Time Recommendation  
    Navigation Timing Recommendation  
    UndoManager and DOMTransaction Editor's Draft  
    Pointer Lock Candidate Recommendation  
    Progress Events Candidate Recommendation  
    Clipboard API and events Working Draft  
    UI Events Working Draft  
    Progress Events Candidate Recommendation  
    URL Living Standard  
    Page Visibility (Second Edition) Recommendation  
    Touch Events Recommendation  
    Encoding Candidate Recommendation  
    Selectors API Level 1 Working Draft  
    Selectors API Level 1 Working Draft  
    Geometry Interfaces Module Level 1 Candidate Recommendation  

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