HTMLSelectElement showPicker()

[lukewarlow]

Request for Mozilla Position on an Emerging Web Specification

• Specification title: HTML

• Specification or proposal URL (if available): Add showPicker to <select> elements whatwg/html#9754

• Explainer URL (if available): inline in Add showPicker to <select> elements whatwg/html#9754

• Proposal author(s) (@-mention GitHub accounts): @lukewarlow

• Caniuse.com URL (optional):

• Bugzilla URL (optional): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1854112

• Mozillians who can provide input (optional):

• Tag Design Review URL: HTMLSelectElement showPicker() w3ctag/design-reviews#900

Other information

The showPicker() method is a new addition to HTMLSelectElement which addresses a common request from web developers: programmatically showing the option picker UI for a select element

[zcorpan]

cc @emilio @evilpie

This seems OK to me. Suggest positive.

[evilpie]

Agreed. It's a good idea and logically extension of the feature.

[zcorpan]

No dashboard entry since it's an incremental improvement for an existing feature.