rust_browser/docs/HTML5_Implementation_Checklist.md

Full HTML5 Support Checklist (Browser Engine)

Checked items in this document mean end-to-end support in the current tree, not parser-only or DOM-only support. If parsing exists but styling, layout, rendering, runtime behavior, or web-exposed APIs are missing, leave the item unchecked and note the missing stages.

Phase 0: Spec Targets & Test Harness

• Define “HTML5” target: WHATWG HTML Living Standard (recommended) vs W3C HTML5 snapshot
• Add Web Platform Tests (WPT) runner integration for HTML (parse + DOM + rendering)
• Add layout/reftest harness for HTML rendering features (with known-fail list)
• Add conformance reporting: pass rate by area (parsing/DOM/forms/media/etc.)

Phase 1: HTML Parsing (Tokenizer + Tree Builder)

• Implement HTML tokenization (all states, incl. script/rawtext/rcdata/plaintext)
  • Current status: simplified tokenizer exists, including comments, entities, attributes, and raw-text handling for script/style.
  • Missing pipeline steps: full HTML5 tokenizer state machine, including RCDATA (title/textarea), plaintext, and script-data escape states.
• Implement tree builder insertion modes:
  • Current status: simplified implicit html/head/body creation plus limited in body and table heuristics.
  • initial / before html / before head / in head / in head noscript
  • after head / in body / text
  • in table / in table text / in caption / in column group / in table body / in row / in cell
  • in select / in select in table
  • in template / after body / in frameset / after frameset / after after body / after after frameset
• Foster parenting rules for tables
• Adoption agency algorithm (mis-nested formatting elements)
• Handling of void elements (no end tags)
• Optional end tags rules
  • Current status: implemented for p and a subset of table tags (td/th/tr/tbody/thead/tfoot).
  • Missing pipeline steps: li, dt, dd, option, optgroup, body, html, and other optional-end-tag cases.
• Parse errors behavior matches spec (recover, don’t crash)
  • Current status: parser is resilient and has input/token/nesting limits.
  • Missing pipeline steps: spec-accurate parse-error handling and recovery behavior.
• Fragment parsing for:
  • innerHTML
    • Current status: Element.innerHTML getter/setter is wired to fragment parse/serialize.
    • Missing pipeline steps: spec-accurate context-sensitive fragment parsing.
  • Range/createContextualFragment
  • template contents

Phase 2: DOM Core + HTML DOM Integration

• DOM tree: Node/Element/Document/DocumentFragment/Text/Comment
  • Current status: Document, Element, Text, and Comment exist.
  • Missing pipeline steps: DocumentFragment.
• DOM mutation algorithms (append/insert/remove/replace)
  • Current status: append/remove/text replacement exist.
  • Missing pipeline steps: insertBefore/replaceChild plumbing in DOM and JS host APIs.
• Live NodeLists/HTMLCollections where required
• DOMTokenList (classList, relList, etc.)
• Attributes: NamedNodeMap semantics + namespace-aware APIs
  • Current status: basic get/set attribute storage exists.
  • Missing pipeline steps: NamedNodeMap, namespace-aware APIs, and removal/reflection surface.
• Custom element name validation plumbing (even if CE is later)
• Document/Element query APIs:
  • getElementById/getElementsByTagName/getElementsByClassName
    • Current status: core DOM supports these, but only document.getElementById is exposed to JS.
  • querySelector/querySelectorAll
  • matches/closest
• HTML document quirks:
  • quirks mode / limited-quirks / standards mode from doctype
  • case-insensitive tag/attr behavior in HTML documents
    • Current status: parser lowercases HTML tag/attribute names.
    • Missing pipeline steps: full HTML DOM case-insensitive attribute/query behavior.

Phase 3: Events (Needed for HTML)

• EventTarget + add/removeEventListener
• Event dispatch (capture/target/bubble)
  • Current status: target + bubble are implemented for click dispatch.
  • Missing pipeline steps: capture phase.
• Default actions + preventDefault/cancelable rules
  • Current status: preventDefault() works and app-level default actions are suppressed.
  • Missing pipeline steps: broader DOM-native default-action coverage beyond app-browser click handling.
• Keyboard/mouse basic events used by forms/links/focus
  • Current status: click is implemented.
  • Missing pipeline steps: keyboard, broader mouse, and focus event families.
• Focus management:
  • activeElement
  • focus/blur events
  • tab navigation ordering basics

Phase 4: Core Document Lifecycle

• Navigation primitives: load URL → fetch → parse → commit Document
• Document readiness:
  • DOMContentLoaded
  • load event
  • readyState transitions
• Resource loading for:
  • <script src>
  • 
• Base URL resolution:
  • document.baseURI
  • • Current status: URL resolution uses the page URL for scripts, styles, images, and forms.
    • Missing pipeline steps: <base href> integration and document.baseURI.

Phase 5: Scripting & Script Loading

• <script> inline execution
• <script src> external execution
• async scripts
• defer scripts
• module scripts (optional if strictly “HTML5-era” only; recommended for modern web)
• document.write() (including parser insertion + blocking semantics)
• noscript behavior when scripting disabled

Phase 6: HTML Elements (Parsing + DOM + Default Behaviors)

6.1 Document metadata / structure

• html, head, body
• title, base, link, meta, style
  • Current status: link and style are integrated into stylesheet loading; style is hidden in rendering.
  • Missing pipeline steps: title document integration, <base> behavior, and metadata APIs.
• template (contents DocumentFragment + inert parsing)

6.2 Sectioning / semantics

• header, footer, main, nav, section, article, aside
• h1–h6, hgroup (legacy), address
• div, span

6.3 Text content

• p, pre, blockquote
• ol, ul, li
• dl, dt, dd
• figure, figcaption
• hr

6.4 Inline text semantics

• a (linking + navigation)
• em, strong, small, s
• cite, q
  • Current status: generic inline rendering exists; cite gets UA italics.
  • Missing pipeline steps: q quotation/default behavior.
• dfn, abbr
• data, time
• code, var, samp, kbd
• sub, sup
• i, b, u
• mark
• bdi, bdo, ruby, rt, rp
• br, wbr
  • Current status: br is parsed as a void element.
  • Missing pipeline steps: verified line-break behavior for br and soft-wrap behavior for wbr.

6.5 Edits

• ins, del

6.6 Embedded content

• img (+ srcset/sizes optional but expected today)
• picture (optional but strongly recommended)
• iframe
• embed, object, param
  • Current status: object[data] can render image payloads and otherwise falls back to children.
  • Missing pipeline steps: embed, param, and non-image object behavior.
• video, audio, source, track (see Phase 10)
• canvas (see Phase 11)
• svg integration points (optional but expected)
• math integration points (optional)

6.7 Tabular data

• table, caption, colgroup, col, tbody, thead, tfoot, tr, td, th
  • Current status: table, caption, colgroup, col, tbody, thead, tfoot, tr, td, and th are end-to-end through layout and paint.
  • colgroup/col support: width hints and span attributes. Deferred: column backgrounds, visibility: collapse, column borders in collapsed model.

6.8 Forms content (see Phase 8/9)

• form, label, input, button, select, datalist, optgroup, option, textarea
  • Current status: form, label, input, button, select, optgroup, option, and textarea have partial parse/layout/runtime support.
  • Missing pipeline steps: datalist, full control behavior, full submission semantics, and validation plumbing.
• fieldset, legend, output, progress, meter
  • Current status: fieldset/legend have UA styling and generic rendering.
  • Missing pipeline steps: output, progress, and meter behavior/rendering.

6.9 Interactive

• details, summary
• dialog (optional but common)
• menu (largely obsolete; safe parse/support minimal)

Phase 7: Attributes, Reflecting, and “Content Attributes”

• Global attributes: id, class, style, title, lang, dir, hidden, tabindex, contenteditable, draggable, spellcheck
  • Current status: id, class, and style are wired; lang/dir participate in selector matching; contenteditable is selector-only.
  • Missing pipeline steps: hidden, tabindex, draggable, spellcheck, and web-exposed behavior/reflection.
• URL attributes resolution (href/src/action/poster/etc.)
  • Current status: href/src/action resolve against the page URL in navigation/resource-loading paths.
  • Missing pipeline steps: <base> integration and broader DOM/IDL URL reflection.
• Boolean attribute semantics (present/absent)
• Reflecting IDL attributes for major elements (e.g., HTMLAnchorElement.href)
• dataset support (data-* attributes)

Phase 8: Forms (Structure + Submission)

• Form ownership rules (including form attribute)
• Successful controls rules
• Form submission:
  • GET
  • POST (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
  • multipart/form-data (file inputs)
  • submit event + preventDefault
    • Current status: button/input clicks can trigger GET/POST submission, and click preventDefault() suppresses default submission.
    • Missing pipeline steps: actual submit event dispatch and full successful-controls processing.
• Form-associated custom elements plumbing (optional if CE implemented)

Phase 9: Constraint Validation & Input Types

• constraint validation API (checkValidity/reportValidity/validity)
• required/disabled/readonly handling
• pattern/min/max/step/minlength/maxlength
• Input types:
  • text, search, tel, url, email, password
  • checkbox, radio
  • submit, reset, button
  • number, range
  • date, time, datetime-local, month, week
  • color
  • file
  • hidden
• select/option default selection rules
  • Current status: collapsed <select> rendering picks the selected option or the first option.
  • Missing pipeline steps: full DOM/value/selection behavior.
• textarea value/selection APIs
• datalist suggestions (optional UI, but DOM behavior required)

Phase 10: Media Elements (Audio/Video)

• element core
• Media resource selection algorithm (source elements + type sniffing)
• Playback state machine (paused/seeking/ended)
• Media events (play/pause/timeupdate/canplay/etc.)
• Controls attribute (basic UI optional; API required)
• track element parsing + TextTrack plumbing (can start minimal)

Phase 11: Canvas

• canvas element sizing + fallback content
• 2D context:
  • path APIs (beginPath/moveTo/lineTo/arc/rect/etc.)
  • fill/stroke styles
  • transforms
  • text drawing (fillText/strokeText/measureText)
  • image drawing (drawImage)
  • pixel APIs (getImageData/putImageData)
• toDataURL / toBlob

Phase 12: Navigation, History, and Location

• Location API (href/assign/replace/reload)
• History API:
  • back/forward/go
    • Current status: internal browsing-context history exists for the app shell.
    • Missing pipeline steps: web-exposed window.history API.
  • pushState/replaceState
  • popstate event
• Fragment navigation (#hash) + scroll to element
• target=_blank/window browsing context basics (can be single-window at first, but model should exist)

Phase 13: Loading, Preload Scanner, and Fetch Integration (HTML-facing)

• Resource prioritization basics (parser-blocking vs async)
  • Current status: classic scripts are loaded/executed synchronously after parsing.
  • Missing pipeline steps: explicit parser-blocking/async/defer scheduling model.
• preload scanner for //<script> (optional early, important later)
• CORS mode plumbing for script/img/media where applicable (even if enforcement is minimal initially)

Phase 14: Security Model Basics (HTML-level)

• Same-origin policy hooks for:
  • iframe access
  • window.opener relationships
• sandbox attribute parsing + enforcement hooks (partial ok early, full later)
• Content Security Policy integration hooks (optional but common)
• Referrer policy (optional but common)
  • Current status: dangerous URL schemes are blocked for links/forms.
  • Missing pipeline steps: same-origin, sandbox, CSP, and referrer-policy model.

Phase 15: Internationalization & Text Direction

• lang/dir propagation
  • Current status: :lang() and :dir() selector matching works via inherited attribute lookup.
  • Missing pipeline steps: actual layout/rendering text-direction propagation.
• dir=auto behavior (optional but helpful)
• basic bidi text rendering integration (with CSS direction/unicode-bidi)

Phase 16: Editing APIs (Optional but often expected)

• contenteditable basics (DOM behavior)
  • Current status: only selector matching/plumbing exists.
  • Missing pipeline steps: editing behavior and DOM interaction model.
• execCommand is legacy (safe ignore), but ensure pages don’t crash
• selection + ranges (see below)

Phase 17: Selection and Ranges (Needed for many pages)

• Range API (createRange/setStart/setEnd/cloneContents/etc.)
• Selection API (window.getSelection, ranges, basic editing interactions)
• caret browsing basics (optional)

Phase 18: Web Components (Not “HTML5 classic”, but modern “full HTML” expectation)

• Custom Elements v1 (define/upgrade/lifecycle)
• Shadow DOM (attachShadow, slots)
• HTML templates + cloning integration
• Scoped event retargeting + composed paths

Phase 19: Storage & Offline (Commonly expected)

• Web Storage: localStorage/sessionStorage
• IndexedDB (bigger; optional but strongly expected for modern web)
• Service Workers (large; optional unless targeting modern “full web”)

Phase 20: Workers & Messaging (Commonly expected)

• postMessage between windows/frames
• Web Workers (DedicatedWorker)
• MessageChannel/MessagePort

Phase 21: Final “Full HTML5” Exit Criteria

• HTML parser passes WPT parsing tests at target threshold
• DOM + Events pass core WPT suites at target threshold
• Forms + validation pass WPT at target threshold
• Media/Canvas pass WPT at target threshold (or documented exclusions)
• No-crash guarantee on malformed HTML/DOM operations
• Publish a conformance report with pass rates + remaining gaps