[Bug 13556] New: why does the 'placeholder label option' on a select have to be the first 'option' within the list of options? could it be the first option with value="" within the list of options instead?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13556

           Summary: why does the 'placeholder label option' on a select
                    have to be the first 'option' within the list of
                    options? could it be the first option with value=""
                    within the list of options instead?
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#pla
                    ceholder-label-option
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-button-element.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#placeholder-label-option
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#placeholder-label-option

Comment:
why does the 'placeholder label option' on a select have to be the first
'option' within the list of options? could it be the first option with
value="" within the list of options instead?

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Received on Wednesday, 3 August 2011 02:06:44 UTC