Bug 153887 – iOS "clickable elements" concept/restriction not compatible with UI Events spec

• Component: DOM
• Status: RESOLVED CONFIGURATION CHANGED

[Chris Rebert]

I presume there must be some existing "Why isn't my <div> clickable?" bug of which this will be a duplicate,
but my search-fu wasn't able to turn up anything and there's now an actual web-platform-test for this, so...

https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html states
that elements only fire `click` events in certain circumstances (e.g. is a <button>, has an `onclick`, is styled as `cursor: pointer;`, etc.).
However, the W3C spec that defines the `click` event doesn't place any such special preconditions on which elements fire `click` events.

Quoting from relevant portions of the spec:

https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#event-type-click
> The click event type must be dispatched on the topmost event target indicated by the pointer,
> when the user presses down and releases the primary pointer button,
> or otherwise activates the pointer in a manner that simulates such an action.

https://www.w3.org/TR/uievents/#glossary-topmost-event-target
> topmost event target
>     The *topmost event target* must be the element highest in the rendering order which is capable of being an event target.
>     In graphical user interfaces this is the element under the user's pointing device. [...]

[Chris Rebert]

Set the URL field to the relevant web-platform-test.

[Lucas Forschler]

Mass move bugs into the DOM component.

[Ahmad Saleem]

Safari 16.5.1 also passes this test: https://wpt.fyi/results/uievents/order-of-events/mouse-events/click-on-div.html?label=master&label=experimental&aligned&q=mouse-events%2Fclick-on-div.html

From linked in URL Field.

can we mark this as “RESOLVED CONFIGURATION CHANGED”?

[Anne van Kesteren]

Yes!