[Bug 13099] Why doesn't the SELECT element have a placeholder attribute? Often a dropdown box contains an initial text like "Please make a choice".

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13099

Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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         Resolution|                            |NEEDSINFO

--- Comment #2 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2011-06-30 20:52:33 UTC ---
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Status: Additional Information Needed
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Per comment 1, we already have a mechanism for this, which relies on
a convention that long predates the placeholder attribute.  Is there something
specifically wrong with it that would justify supporting a redundant mechanism
to do the same thing?

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Received on Thursday, 30 June 2011 20:52:35 UTC