Re: [whatwg] what use-case is there for the name-attribute on a fieldset? from Anne van Kesteren on 2012-12-21 (public-whatwg-archive@w3.org from December 2012)

From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:24:57 +0100
To: Evert Van dansen <evertvandansen@ymail.com>
Cc: "whatwg@lists.whatwg.org" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
Message-ID: <CADnb78i+qB97LzcNtf5od+Qw5RSeiQNgO0+maAiBQerCtopV-g@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Evert Van dansen
<evertvandansen@ymail.com> wrote:
> Recently I noticed that HTML5 allows the name-attribute on a fieldset. This was not the case in HTML4.0.1.
> I did some tests and noticed that this name is *not* part of the POSTed data when submitting a form? So I was wondering when and for what purpose this name-attribute should or could be used?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<form><fieldset name=hah></fieldset></form>
<script>alert(document.forms[0].hah)</script>


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