- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:41:03 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Rikkert Koppes wrote: > > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#relation > > :read-only > Matches form control elements that have the |readonly > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#readonly>| > attribute set, and to which the |readonly > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#readonly>| > attribute applies (thus radio buttons will never match this, > regardless of the value of the attribute), as well as elements > defined by this specification that are not form controls (namely > |form|, |label|, |datalist > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#datalist>|, > |option|, |optgroup|, and |fieldset| elements). :read-write > Matches form control elements that do not have the |readonly > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#readonly>| > attribute set (including |password > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#password>| > controls, although technically they should be called "writeonly"), > or to which the attribute doesn't apply (such as radio buttons). A > disabled control can still match this pseudo-class; the states are > orthogonal. > > I believe the term "orthogonal" is incorrect here. Following (the rest of) the > text, it occurs to me these pseusoclasses are opposite (mutually exclusive), > while orthogonal means, they can both apply, independent of eachother. The new text doesn't mention this. Let me know if it's ok: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#matching-html-elements-using-selectors Cheers, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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