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- Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 08:31:46 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17158
Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
--- Comment #3 from Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> 2012-05-28 08:31:44 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> The <legend> is an unnecessary tag, it just clutters the tag namespace and
> makes it harder learn HTML.
It's necessary to give a title to fieldsets.
> It is only used in <fieldset> so instead of having a separate tag, it should be
> an attribute of fieldset.
Attributes can't contain markup. Also, this change wouldn't be backwards
compatible.
> Having legend as an attribute of fieldset instead of as a separate take makes
> more sense, makes learning HTML easier, removes unnecessary tags that clutter,
> provides a cleaner DOM and allows autocompletion.
I don't see how it does any of those things.
> It also makes it more semantically correct because it is paired explicitly with
> the fieldset tag.
The semantics would be the same.
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Not backwards compatible and would remove the ability to use markup
in the legend.
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