Other Spec Review: CSS scroll-axis-lock #1248

Specification

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-5/

Explainer

https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/scroll-axis-lock

Links

• An introduction to the feature, aimed at unfamiliar audiences: Explainer: Introduction
• A description of the problems that end-users were facing before this proposal: Explainer: Introduction
• Alternatives considered: Explainer: Considered Alternatives
• Examples of how to use the proposal to solve the end-users' problems: Explainer: Use Cases
• What do the end-users experience with this proposal: On web pages that disable axis locking, users will be able to pan and scroll diagonally without the browser forcibly snapping their gesture to a single axis.
• User research you did to validate the problem and/or design, if any: not user research but this comment demonstrates the developer interest in the feature.
• Web Platform Tests: WPTs

The specification

• Follows the Web Platform Design Principles.
• Includes Security and Privacy Considerations sections based on answers to the Security/Privacy Questionnaire.

Where and by whom is the work is being done?

• GitHub repo: None
• Primary contacts:
  • David Awogbemila (@DavMila), Google, Spec Writing (PR)
  • Robert Flack (@flackr), Google, Initial Proposal
• Organization/project driving the specification: Google
• This work is being funded by: Google
• Primary standards group developing this feature: CSS Working Group (CSSWG) (Resolution)
• Group intended to standardize this work: CSSWG
• Incubation and standards groups that have discussed the design:
  • CSSWG

Feedback so far

• Multi-stakeholder feedback:
  • Chromium comments: Chromium proposed the feature.
  • Mozilla comments: CSS scroll-axis-lock mozilla/standards-positions#1435
  • WebKit comments: http://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/698
• Major unresolved issues with or opposition to this specification: None currently
• Status/issue trackers for implementations: Chrome Status

You should also know that...

Please Note: The feature will be specified in css-overflow-5 when this PR lands.

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