- From: levik <levikcom@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:04:17 -0400
> I did some research into the matter and it turns out that no existing
> browser correctly parses nested OPTGROUPs. They basically all parse
> OPTGROUP as if it had an optional end tag. So it wouldn't be possible to
> allow nested OPTGROUPs, sadly.
>
Why is that a problem?
Say your code has
<SELECT>
<OPTGROUP label="books">
<OPTGROUP label="fiction">
<OPTION>Treasure Island</OPTION>
</OPTGROUP>
<OPTGROUP label="nonfiction">
<OPTION>Art of War</OPTION>
</OPTGROUP>
</OPTGROUP>
....
</SELECT>
The compliant browser would render
[BOOKS >]
[fiction >]
[Treasure Island]
[nonfiction >]
[Art of War]
...
while an older browser would show
/BOOKS/
/fiction/
Treasure Island
/nonfiction/
Art of War
...
I don't see a problem with that - it looks like perfectly graceful
degradation to me...
Received on Thursday, 1 July 2004 08:04:17 UTC