Wotcher TAG!

I'm requesting a TAG review of the optional submitter parameter to the FormData constructor.

Per the Chromium Intent to Ship, it was requested that I file a TAG review as a FYI - hence this request.

This new optional parameter allows developers to construct a FormData object that matches an equivalent native form submission, i.e. including the submit button entry(s), as appropriate.

• Explainer¹ (minimally containing user needs and example code): https://gist.github.com/jenseng/351d09ffcd86508fb19bc18d019318bb
• Specification URL: https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/#interface-formdata
• Tests: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/wpt/blob/master/xhr/formdata/constructor-submitter.html
• Primary contacts (and their relationship to the specification):
  • @jenseng (spec contributor, implementor in Chromium, WebKit, and Gecko)
  • @annevk (spec editor)
• Organization(s)/project(s) driving the specification: WHATWG, Google, Apple, Mozilla
• External status/issue trackers for this specification (publicly visible, e.g. Chrome Status):
  • https://github.com/whatwg/xhr/pull/366
  • https://chromestatus.com/feature/5066604734316544
  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1410542
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1812696
  • https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251220

Further details:

• I have reviewed the TAG's Web Platform Design Principles

We'd prefer the TAG provide feedback as:

💬 leave review feedback as a comment in this issue and @-notify @jenseng