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 12:45:33 +0100
To: Evert Van dansen <evertvandansen@ymail.com>
Cc: "whatwg@lists.whatwg.org" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
Message-ID: <CADnb78ioOQcmf96z+hJS1MGcazdmnz4ncNTfpumpimf8EFK7wA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Evert Van dansen
<evertvandansen@ymail.com> wrote:
> I am sorry, perhaps I misunderstand, but I do not see what the advantage is over using "regular" hooks (like id) in this case? Surely adding the name-attribute must have been a decision based on something specific?

Oh, the reason was likely that it was already widely supported,
despite not being mentioned in HTML4.


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