- From: Johannes Lichtenberger <jl@nabooisland.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:20:22 +0200
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Sunday, 24. June 2007 19:01:09 Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Johannes Lichtenberger wrote: > >> http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/html5/html4-differences/Overview.htm > >>l > > > > I don't really understand what "The a element without an href attribute > > now represents a "placeholder link"." means, I can't really imagine what > > a placeholder link should be or what it's used for. > > It just means that it's where a link would ordinarily be, but currently > isn't. For example: > > <menu> > <li><a href="/">Home</a> > <li><a>Products</a> > <li><a href="/services">Services</a> > <li><a href="/about">About</a> > </menu> > > In this example, Products is a place holder link to the current page. > It's a way keep the menu the same, without actually linking to the > current page. I'm not sure if it's a difference to HTML4 , the recommodation only states "Authors may also create an A element that specifies no anchors, i.e., that doesn't specify href, name, or id. Values for these attributes may be set at a later time through scripts.". It seems an a-element without attributes in HTML4 hasn't got a special "name" and in my Opionion it's not really a link or "placeholder link", I don't think it needs a special name. greetings, Johannes
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