[Bug 12905] For the attribute "required" of checkbox element, I think it should be defined as "at least one is required" but not "which fields are required". So it's better use the same constraint validation with the radio element. That is if an element in the check

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12905

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

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |ian@hixie.ch
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2011-08-17 04:23:40 UTC ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: If you want a set of items from which the user is to select one or
more, you want <select multiple required>. Check boxes (and indeed all <input>
types other than radio buttons) are independent from each other regardless of
whether they have common names.

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