- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 17:50:51 -0700
- To: Martijn <martijn.martijn@gmail.com>
- Cc: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>, roger@456bereastreet.com, public-html@w3.org
On May 1, 2007, at 3:22 PM, Martijn wrote:
> 2007/5/1, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>:
>> <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-img>
>> If the alt attribute is omitted, user agents must treat the element
>> as if it had an alt attribute set to the empty string."
>
> It seems that in that case, this should return true:
> <img>
> <script>
> alert(document.images[0].hasAttribute('alt'));
> </script>
>
> Am I correct? (not sure if that's a good idea, though)
I don't think that is the intent of the requirement (I think the
"treat...as if" is with respect to rendering and other behavior). I
agree that it could be made more clear.
Regards,
Maciej
Received on Wednesday, 2 May 2007 00:51:24 UTC