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Fractional coordinates in PointerEvents of type mouse

Category

User input

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 64)

Intent stage

None

Summary

Make the coordinates in PointerEvents of pointerType=mouse fractional, in order to include the full precision provided by the underlying platform.

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom-view/#extensions-to-the-mouseevent-interface
• Firefox: Positive
• Safari: No signal
• Web developers: No signals
• Tracking bug: https://crbug.com/773813

Samples: https://output.jsbin.com/quqoqe/4/quiet

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