HTML5.1: A new era of web development

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Core points

• HTML 5.1 As the latest version of HTML, many new features and improvements are introduced, including creating context menus with menu and menuitems elements, creating collapsible content with details and summary elements, and three types of New form input types: month, week and datetime-local.
• This version also includes the ability to implement responsive images without CSS, for example: srcset Image attribute is used to list multiple alternative image sources; sizes Image attribute is used to differently according to the user's screen size. Display pictures; and the picture element is used to define pictures with various sources for different screen sizes.
• HTML 5.1 introduces form.reportValidity() for validating forms and reporting errors to users; introduces new boolean attributes for the framework to control their full screen display; and allowfullscreen methods to trigger spelling checking of text elements . element.forceSpellCheck()
Due to the lack of interest from browser vendors, some of the features originally proposed in the first draft of HTML 5.1 were eventually removed, including the
• attributes used to disable user interactions of all child elements, and the use of native pop-ups to implement pop-ups inertelement. <dialog></dialog>

HTML 5.1 Overview

The HTML5 standard released about two years ago has caused a sensation in the web development community. This is not only because it contains an impressive list of new features, but also because of its first major update to HTML since the release of HTML 4.01 in 1999. Today, you can still see some websites boasting about using the "modern" HTML5 standard.

Luckily, we don't have to wait that long to get the next version of HTML. In October 2015, W3C began drafting HTML 5.1 with the goal of solving some of the problems left over from HTML5. After many iterations, it reached the "candidate recommendation" status in June 2016, reached the "suggested recommendation" status in September 2016, and finally became the W3C recommendation standard in November 2016. Those who are following this development may notice that it is a bumpy process. Many of the original HTML 5.1 features were abandoned due to poor design or lack of support from browser vendors.

While HTML 5.1 is still under development, W3C has begun drafting HTML 5.2, which is expected to be released in late 2017. Meanwhile, here is an overview of some interesting new features and improvements introduced in 5.1. Browser support for these features is still insufficient, but we will at least recommend some browsers that can be used to test each example.

Create context menu using and menu elementsmenuitemsThe draft version of

5.1 introduces two different types of menu elements: context menu and toolbar. The former is used to extend native context menus (usually displayed by right-clicking on a page), and the latter is designed to define simple menu components. During development, the toolbar was abandoned, but the context menu remains.

You can use the <menu></menu> tag to define a menu consisting of one or more <menuitem></menuitem> elements and then use the contextmenu attribute to bind it to any element. Each <menuitem></menuitem> can have one of three types:

• checkbox – Allows you to select or deselect an option;
• command – Allows you to click to perform an action;
• radio – Allows you to select an option from the group.

The following is an example of a basic usage that works in Firefox 49, but it seems to be invalid in Chrome 54.

CodePen sample link

In supported browsers, this context menu should look like this:

details and summary elements

The new

and <details></details> elements implement the function of showing and hiding additional information blocks by clicking on elements. This is usually done using JavaScript, and can now be done using an <summary></summary> element with a <summary></summary> element. Clicking Summary will toggle the visibility of the remaining contents of the <details></details> element. <details></details>

The following example has been tested in Firefox and Chrome.

CodePen sample link

In supported browsers, the demo should look like this:

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Summary

HTML 5.1 has brought many improvements, improving the efficiency and user experience of web development. This article only introduces some important features. For more details, please refer to the official documentation.

Continue to use your creativity and start building animations with HTML5. Check out our screen recording tutorial “Create animations with HTML5 Canvas” for more information.

HTML 5.1 FAQ (This part also needs to be rewritten according to the original text to maintain the question and answer structure)

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