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[cssom-view] Window#outerWidth and Window#outerHeight don't have units specified

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#2,016 opened on Nov 29, 2017

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Description

The current definition is:

The outerWidth attribute must return the width of the client window. If there is no client window this attribute must return zero.

This doesn't state what units the width of the client window is measured using.

We probably want:

The outerWidth attribute must return the width of the client window as a number of 'CSS pixels'. If there is no client window this attribute must return zero.

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Research direction
The issue is in the CSSOM View specification. The fix involves updating the definition of outerWidth and outerHeight in the CSSOM View spec to explicitly state that the value is in CSS pixels. Contributors should locate the relevant section in the spec source (likely in the cssom view document) and add the clarification. There are no linked pull requests or comments that indicate ownership or dependencies.