- From: Mark Schenk <css@markschenk.com>
- Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:40:05 +0200
On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:51:33 +0200, fantasai <fantasai.lists at inkedblade.net> wrote: >> I do not entirely agree that the HTML title attribute is equivalent to >> the XForms hint element[3], as in the following example which for >> entering a (customer-/tracking-)id as is often used in correspondence >> between company and customer: >> <input type="text" >> name="uid" >> title="Correspondence Number" >> pattern="some-regexp-here" >> hint="The correspondence number is a number of the form >> 1234-56-789" /> >> The title describes what the field is about and hint describes in >> what format the data should be entered, which I think are two >> distinctly different things. I have to correct myself here, as I was wrong when saying that hint and title are two different things. The HTML 4.01 specs states: "title = text [CS] This attribute offers advisory information about the element for which it is set" <url: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#h-7.4.3 > So effectively the title attribute is the same as the Hint attribute in XForms, so there is no need for a new attribute. > Shouldn't that be > <label for="corr">Correspondence Number</label><input id="corr" ... /> That is also an idea for the UA developers to consider. However, what would take precedence: a label or the title attribute? -- Mark Schenk
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