@@ -2516,26 +2516,48 @@ The Focus Container Pseudo-class: '':focus-within''</h3>
25162516<h3 id="interest-pseudos">
25172517The Interest Pseudo-classes: '':interest-source'' and '':interest-target''</h3>
25182518
2519- [=Host languages=] can define that certain elements
2520- are capable of "showing interest" in another element
2521- (typically, an informative popup),
2522- so that when a user interacts with the first element,
2523- the second element can be shown or otherwise rendered differently.
2524-
2525- Issue: TODO Add reference to the HTML feature when it's fully landed.
2519+ A common UI feature is the ability for the user to "show interest" in certain elements
2520+ (an <dfn export>interest source</dfn> ),
2521+ and the UI to respond to that interest
2522+ by showing additional information in another element
2523+ (the <dfn export>interest target</dfn> ),
2524+ typically a popup.
2525+ For example, hovering a username on a page
2526+ might bring up an information card for that user;
2527+ or long-pressing a link
2528+ might bring up a preview of the link's destination.
2529+ Whenever this happens, the first element
2530+
2531+ Note: Exactly what elements are capable of being [=interest sources=] ,
2532+ how they're linked to [=interest targets=] ,
2533+ and how "interest" is shown
2534+ are all [=host language=] -defined.
2535+ In HTML, for example,
2536+ this is done with the <{html-global/interestfor}> attribute
2537+ to indicate an element capable of "showing interest"
2538+ (being an [=interest source=] ,
2539+ and that attribute points to another element
2540+ intended to show the additional information
2541+ (the associated [=interest target=] )
2542+ (usually a <{html-global/popover}> element).
25262543
25272544 The <dfn>:interest-source</dfn> pseudo-class
2528- applies to any element (or pseudo-element)
2529- that is capable of "showing interest" in another element,
2530- as defined by the [=host language=] .
2531- (It applies regardless of whether the element
2532- is <em> currently</em> showing interest or not.)
2533-
2534- The <dfn>:interest-target</dfn> pseudo-class
2535- applies to the "other element"
2536- that an '':interest-source'' element is currently showing interest in.
2537- (It only applies to an element
2538- that is <em> currently</em> having interest shown in it.)
2545+ applies to an [=interest source=] element that the user is currently "showing interest" in,
2546+ and the <dfn>:interest-target</dfn> pseudo-class
2547+ applies to the associated [=interest target=]
2548+ of an element matching '':interest-source'' .
2549+
2550+ Note: '':interest-source'' only matches an [=interest source=]
2551+ the user is <em> currently</em> interested in,
2552+ not any element that can <em> potentially</em> have interest shown in it.
2553+ In HTML, for example,
2554+ just having the <{html-global/interestfor}> attribute
2555+ does not make an element match this pseudo-class;
2556+ the user has to actually indicate interest in it too.
2557+ Similarly, '':interest-target'' only matches an [=interest target=]
2558+ that is linked to an element the user is <em> currently</em> interested in,
2559+ not any element pointed to by an <{html-global/interestefor}> attribute.
2560+
25392561
25402562<h2 id="time-pseudos">
25412563Time-dimensional Pseudo-classes</h2>
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