- From: Vlad Alexander <vlad.alexander@xhtml.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:25:38 -0400
>are there any webkit and mozilla bugs files on this? Yes, here are the links: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335567 and http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11803 Regards, -Vlad http://xhtml.com -------- Original Message -------- From: Michael A. Puls II Date: 2007-10-25 4:08 PM > On 10/25/07, Vlad Alexander (xhtml.com) <vlad.alexander at xhtml.com> wrote: >> Request for the HTML 5 forms section: >> >> Alternate content such as form controls should not participate in the HTTP POST if the <object> can be rendered. In this example, if logo.gif can be rendered, then data from <textarea> should not be send to the server: >> >> <object data="logo.gif" type="image/gif" width="180" height="60"> >> <textarea id="abc" name="abc" rows="5" cols="70">Hello World!</textarea> >> </object> >> >> Here is a test page for the above example: >> http://misc.xstandard.com/mozilla/alternate-content1.asp >> >> This causes problems for plug-ins loaded via the <object> element. In this example, the same "name" is used for both the <object> and <textarea> elements because most CMS expect only one field to be submitted from a control. >> >> <object name="abc" type="application/x-xstandard"> >> <param name="Value" value="some text" /> >> <textarea name="abc">more text</textarea> >> </object> >> >> In the above example, data is sent to the server from both the plug-in (correct) and the alternate content (incorrect). >> >> IE and Opera support this. The HTML 5 spec should formally define this behavior. > > Yes, I agree. For this situation, what Opera and IE do is desired. > For reference, are there any webkit and mozilla bugs files on this? >
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