- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:17:28 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@webkit.org>
- Cc: "<whatwg@whatwg.org>" <whatwg@whatwg.org>
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, Ryosuke Niwa wrote: > > According to > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-dom-interfaces.html#htmlpropertiescollection > > *HTMLCollection* returns the first element. This is for compat in the default case, I believe. > *HTMLAllCollection* returns the first element or another HTMLAllCollection > if there are multiple elements This is needed for IE compat. > *HTMLFormControlsCollection* returns the first element or RadioNodeList if > there are multiple elements This is needed to support the radio button value feature. > *HTMLOptionsCollection* returns the first element or live NodeList if there > are multiple elements This is for compat, I believe. (We don't want to return just a node if there are many matching.) > *HTMLPropertiesCollection* returns PropertyNodeList This is to support the value features for microdata. > Can those 3 classes somehow return the same object? FWIW, WebKit has > always returned a static node list. WebKit doesn't support the microdata and radio button features, presumably, and is presumably less than perfectly compatible with the Web for the others. :-) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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