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Re: Input events, checkboxes and radio buttons

From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:22:10 -0700
Message-ID: <c9e12660907140022k797a09a6k1aeb1d2c8587105b@mail.gmail.com>
To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
Cc: Erik Arvidsson <erik.arvidsson@gmail.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org> 
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Anne van Kesteren<annevk@opera.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:35:16 +0200, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:
>> The input event does not apply to radio/checkbox. (This is stated in the
>> radio/checkbox sectons.)
>

Probably a carry-over from WF 2.0, which did have oninput firing for checkboxes.

> Having said that, the change event does apply and it is not stated there that it is also dispatched when the checkedness flag changes.
>

What does that mean?

Changes to the input's checked state do not trigger change events to fire.

Did you mean that you want a change event to fire when the checked
state changes? I hope not, because that would contradict HTML 4, DOM
Events, and what browsers do.

Garrett
Received on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 07:22:54 GMT

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