- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:29:19 +0200
- To: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Feb 18, 2010, at 14:58, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: >>> • Replace the summary child element of details with a button. >> >> This seems like a bad idea to me, because <button> has pre-existing >> behavior that isn't designed for making <button> act as a disclosure >> triangle and the disclosure triangle label. > > Can you mention any concrete issues? From my POV, <button> instead > <summary> sounds excellent. Completely misleading default appearance in pre-existing UAs and a DOM API that is inappropriate for a widget that's not a form control and is instead label-like itself (as opposed to being labelable). -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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