They would be quite different. <textarea readonly>: - is an inline element - has size controlled by rows and cols attribute; in some browsers, can be resized by the user - is submitted with form - receives focus and appears in taborder - has a border On the other hand, <pre>: - is a block element - sized the same way as a div, e.g. can be minimal size needed to display content. - is not submitted with forms - does not receive focus or appear in taborder - does not have a built-in border In all these respects, I would want the new element to be like <pre>, since it is meant for the display of (pre-formatted plain-text) data. The only way it is similar to <textarea> is that it does not allow mark-up and has a modifiable value property. Aharon On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Aharon (Vladimir) Lanin > <aharon@google.com> wrote: > > <textarea> allows user input, has the look and feel of an input (e.g. the > > border around it), and serves as a field in a form. > > > > The new element is for display only, like <pre>. > > But textarea's already support all of the features that you have in > mind. Example: > > data:text/html,<textarea readonly > > style="border:none;overflow:none;resize:none">foo bar baz</textarea> > > I don't think that we should add a new HTML element, unless there's a > compelling reason to do so. > > -- > Ehsan > <http://ehsanakhgari.org/> >
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