Regardless of the implementation I think this was a step in the right direction. There's a <combobox> proposal in the works which is like a <select> on steroid

Regardless of the implementation I think this was a step in the right direction. There's a <combobox> proposal in the works which is like a <select> on steroids [1]. Also the Popover API [1] already in browsers for toast alerts. And a popover hint proposal for tooltips[2]. [1] https://open-ui.org/components/combobox.explainer/ https://open-ui.org/components/combobox.explainer/ [2] https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/popover-api/ https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/popover-api/ [3] https://open-ui.org/components/popover-hint.research.explainer/ https://open-ui.org/components/popover-hint.research.explain...