- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:37:11 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Rikkert Koppes wrote: > > I am currently implementing a js library to make wf2 functionality > available to legacy browsers (I know google is doing this too). Some > things that came to mind are: > > - when validity flags are not set, should they equal null or false? False. Is the spec not clear on this? > - this might have been proposed before: consider a reset() method for > form controls and fieldsets You can already do this reasonably easily; I'm not sure an explicit API is really that useful. I'll bear it in mind though. > - in this light: consider a clearable or resettable boolean attribute > for inputs, which might display a "clear" button in the field, as seen > in for example the mail filter in thunderbird. This should reset the > control to the default value, ie calling the above reset() method, > example formatting: > > +--- legend [x] -------------------+ > | | > | +----------------------+ | > | | [x]| | > | +----------------------+ | > +----------------------------------+ > > which shows a clear button on a fieldset and input field. Note that > Opera's date related fields also have an "none" button, which might be > equivalent of the above That's just a UI detail. Nothing is stopping UA implementors from including this kind of UI today. > - are negative years allowed (B.C.)? the datetime description tells me > "four or more digits (0 to 9) representing the year" which implies "no". > use case: hystory questionary No, negative years aren't allowed. As has been pointed out by others, the date control isn't really that useful as defined today for non-contemporary dates. The use case is primarily e-commerce. Historical cases are far more complex, rarer, and probably need custom UI, and thus don't really fall in our "80%" target. Let us know if there's anything else we can do to help with your implementation! Also, note that there's an implementors mailing list if you want to discuss implementation-specific details: http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#imps HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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