[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63020: HTML API: Breadcrumbs should include element indices and attributes

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#63020: HTML API: Breadcrumbs should include element indices and attributes
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 Reporter:  westonruter                          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
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Component:  HTML API                             |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback has-test-     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by westonruter):

 Replying to [comment:13 dmsnell]:
 > it seems like the motivating use case is a fairly degenerate form of
 XPath which is a kind of custom tracker for a specific element rather than
 something that represents normative XPath usage. that’s fine again, in a
 plugin, but if that’s the feature leading this design I would love to see
 more evidence of universal need for that.

 The implementation in Optimization Detective is an XPath subset, yes, but
 the breadcrumbs could be used to generate CSS selectors as well or any
 more specific breadcrumbs than just an tag name hierarchy.

 > now if there’s anything in the HTML API that makes building this custom
 subclass difficult I want to see if we can’t align those better.

 It has been a few months since I've been in the head space for integration
 the HTML Processor. I remember I had tried to subclass to obtain the
 breadcrumbs but I encountered issues. Granted, that was a year ago or so.
 I need to revisit this and evaluate what need there is for improved
 helpers in core, but I won't have time before 6.9-beta1.

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