Re: Selecting multiple options in a select element without multiple

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009, Geoffrey Sneddon wrote:
>
> If you set multiple option's defaultSelected attribute to true, as in 
> [1], whacky stuff happens. In IE8 and Opera, you end up with nothing 
> selected; in WebKit you end up with all of them selected; in Gecko you 
> end up with the final one selected.
> 
> As far as I can tell, the spec currently says that WebKit's behaviour is 
> correct, which IMO makes the least sense, as it should not be possible 
> to get more one selected.
> 
> [1]: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/raw-file/fdb670d3c8b3/layout/reftests/bugs/395107-1.html

You are misreading the spec; see the <select> section for the text that 
unselects an <option> once another is selected.

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