- From: Jonas Jørgensen <jonasj@jonasj.dk>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 17:55:05 +0200
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Karl O . Pinc wrote: > The (X)HTML specification, > http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html, > makes no mention I can find that <input type="file"> should not > accept a preset value. If that's the story, the spec should > be fixed. I wouldn't have had to go through any of this. The description of a <input type="file"/>: "Creates a file select control. User agents may use the value of the value attribute as the initial file name." It's a "may", not a "should" or a "must". In other words, it is 100% optional for the user agent whether to accept the initial file name or not. /Jonas
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