- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:37:29 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > In <http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#relation> I think the text > on :required and :optional should be clarified so that it is clear that these > pseudo-classes only apply to elements to which the "required" attribute > applies. > > It is actually more or less clear. Just not the location I expected it > to be. This is probably because the section is not really consistent in > defining the pseudo-classes. For example, :read-only mentions this > explicit: "Matches form control elements that have the readonly > attribute set, and to which the readonly attribute applies[.]" :required > does not: "Matches form control elements that have the required > attribute set." It depends on a statement made later: "When the > definitions above refer to elements that have an attribute set on them, > they do not refer to elements on which that attribute is defined not to > apply." I added the text to :required/:optional anyway, so it's now there twice. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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