- From: Dion Sole <dion.sole@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:45:33 +1200
- To: Nick Van den Bleeken <Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com>
- CC: "www-forms@w3.org" <www-forms@w3.org>
No, that explained it perfectly. Thank you very much. Nick Van den Bleeken wrote: > Hi Dion, > > The difference between incremental equals "true" and "false" is the timing > when the UI control commits its changes to the instance AND sends its Value > change events (as explained in 4.6.1 and 4.6.3). > > In short when incremental is "false" the UI control commits its data to the > instance AND sends its Value change events only when both of the following > two conditions are met: - the user changed the value of a UI control - the > control is activated or the focus moves away from the form control > > When incremental is "true" the UI control commits its data to the instance > AND sends its Value change events 'more frequently'. Here we need to > distinguish between two groups of controls. The first group contains the > input, secret, textarea, range, and upload Controls those controls may > update the instance AND send the events at implementation dependent > intervals when the user is changing the value of the UI control (for example > an implementation may choose to update the instance AND send the events when > the user pauses typing for x ms or when he typed n-characters in an input > control). The second group of UI controls contains the select and select1 > Controls for those controls the implementation should update the instance > AND send the events when the selection is interactively changed. > > I hope that this e-mail clarifies what the difference is between incremental > "true" and "false" and what the impact on instance update and dispatching of > the Value change events is. If my e-mail doesn't answers all your questions, > or if you have additional questions, please feel free to contact me and the > WG. > > Regards, > > Nick Van den Bleeken R&D Manager > > Phone: +32 3 821 01 70 Office Fax: +32 3 821 01 71 > Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com http://www.inventivegroup.com
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