[Bug 9160] input['type=checkbox'].checkValidity ought to work like the radio type, testing the whole checkbox group, not each checkbox individually

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9160


Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




--- Comment #1 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>  2010-03-30 01:17:40 ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: In every other respect, checkboxes work independently of each other.
I think it would be more confusing for checkboxes to work as a group in this
case than to have them be different than radio buttons. Honestly I don't think
any of the use cases with checkboxes really make sense, though the "you agree
to these terms and conditions" use case is at least common, if not especially
great for the user. What would the use case be for having one or more of a set
of check boxes selected?


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Received on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 01:17:42 UTC