- From: Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils-dagsson-moskopp@dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:49:00 +0100
Am Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:05:26 -0500 schrieb Curtiss Grymala <curtiss at ten-321.com>: > I would like to propose that a src attribute be added to the spec for > all HTML elements. The content of the file referenced in the src > attribute would then replace the contents of the element that contains > the src attribute. The src attribute would then be interpreted > differently, depending on the type of file referenced in that src > attribute. A perfectly good way to go confuse people, if you ask me. > For instance, if I create a level 1 header that looks like: > <h1 src="/example.png">This is a header</h1> > The text "This is a header" would be replaced with the image that's > located at /example.png. However, if /example.png returns a 404 error, > the text would be displayed instead. How is that different than this example ? <h1><img src="/example.png" alt="Header Image"/></h1> > If, however, I create a div that looks like: > <div src="/example.txt">This is some other text</div> > The text content of /example.txt would replace the text "This is some > other text" within the div that I created. Again, though, > if /example.txt returned a 404 error, then "This is some other text" > would show up inside the div instead. <iframe> and <object> elements are fine too. > The contents of the file referenced in the src attribute would need to > be parsed and rendered prior to replacing the initial content of the > element. For instance, if I reference a PHP file in the src > attribute, I would expect the PHP to be parsed before it shows up in > my document. I would suggest learning the semantics of the <iframe> element. Also, PHP is server side, HTML is client side. > I'm not sure if this is at all feasible, but I personally think it > would be a great addition to the spec. Thank you. What would be the use case for this ? -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 230 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20091104/8fdf4934/attachment.pgp>
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