Bug 107409 (isInertial)

Summary:	Add isInertial flag to mousewheel events
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	mauriceprograms
Component:	UI Events	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED
Severity:	Enhancement	CC:	ahmad.saleem792, ddkilzer, simon.fraser
Priority:	P2
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://github.com/w3c/uievents/issues/58

mauriceprograms

Reported 2013-01-20 20:05:52 PST

Some use cases of the mouse wheel doesn't work well with inertia, so developers should have the ability to detect whether a mousewheel event is generated by inertial scrolling or the user actually is manipulating mousewheels. I suggest adding a isInertial (webkitIsInertial?) boolean flag to each mousewheel event, so it will not interfere current applications (much like how webkitDirectionInvertedFromDevice is done).

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mauriceprograms

Comment 1 2013-01-20 20:10:03 PST

Some use cases include: Google calendar changing month, Google Maps zooming, Paging scrollviews etc.

Simon Fraser (smfr)

Comment 2 2013-01-21 10:57:35 PST

This needs to be discussed in a standards group, like WHAT-WG

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