[whatwg] Suggestion: Implementation of Tabbed Forms

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> >
> > I don't really like the name "switch", but it is what SVG and XForms have
> > and it seems better than the alternatives I've considered (thanks to
> > everyone who suggested these, by the way):
> > 
> > [snip]
> 
> How about SECTIONS?

That doesn't convey the mutually-exclusive aspect.

In fact, it wouldn't distinguish between <body> (a document of sections), 
<tabbox>/<group> (a group of sections in arbitrary order), and <switch> (a 
group of sections only one of which can be relevant at any one time).

-- 
Ian Hickson               U+1047E                )\._.,--....,'``.    fL
http://ln.hixie.ch/       U+263A                /,   _.. \   _\  ;`._ ,.
Things that are impossible just take longer.   `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'

Received on Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:22:18 UTC