- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:34:14 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Simon Pieters wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:13:13 +0100, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Simon Pieters wrote:
> > >
> > > Maybe <select required><option value selected disabled>Choose one...
> > > should be allowed?
> >
> > I considered that, but since disabled options don't get selected, that
> > wouldn't work without yet more special-casing.
>
> It gets selected in Opera, Firefox and WebKit. AFAICT the spec makes it
> selected, too ("selectedness" is true if selected="" is present
> regardless of disabled="").
Good point. Fixed.
> > > The spec currently doesn't require there to be any select label
> > > option if the required attribute is present on select.
> >
> > Right, the label doesn't have to be present. Why would we require one?
>
> Because without one the required attribute has no effect, so is likely
> an authoring mistake.
Only if neither multiple="" and size="" are specified. But fair enough, in
that case I've made it required that there be a label.
> Also, s/selected element's/select element's/
Fixed.
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