- From: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:06:33 -0700
Yes, I was assuming. That was my mistake. type is in fact a DOM
property, not an attribute. Should have thought twice before posting.
On 9/15/07, Magnus Kristiansen <magnusrk+whatwg at pvv.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:52:33 +0200, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Regarding the [type] attribute:
> > ================================================
> > interface HTMLTextAreaElement : HTMLElement {
> > attribute DOMString defaultValue;
> > readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form;
> > attribute DOMString accessKey;
> > attribute long cols;
> > attribute boolean disabled;
> > attribute DOMString name;
> > attribute boolean readOnly;
> > attribute long rows;
> > attribute long tabIndex;
> > readonly attribute DOMString type;
> > ================================================
> >
> > What does the |type| attribute do?
>
> Input has .type, to mirror the attribute. The fact that both select
> (redundant with .multiple) and textarea (always the same) also have .type
> suggests to me it was intended to allow a unified view of all form
> controls. You can check .type directly without having to bother with
> checking the .tagName or similar first.
>
> --
> Magnus Kristiansen
> "Don't worry; the Universe IS out to get you."
>
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