- From: Shane McCarron <voyager-issues@mn.aptest.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 09:27:54 -0500
- To: germain@ebooksfrance.org
- CC: www-html@w3.org
The working group agrees that this is a typographical error in HTML 4.01. The illustration should indeed use "none" instead of "None". Thank you for pointing this out. > > Hello, > > I am currently wondering about an ambiguity > in section 17.6.1 of HTML 4.01: > > "ELEMENT OPTION [...] > label = text [CS] > This attribute allows authors to specify a shorter label for an option than > the content of the OPTION element. When specified, user agents should use the > value of this attribute rather than the content of the OPTION element as the > option label." > > > It is unclear if this is to be applied in all contexts (including simple > SELECT > OPTION) or only in the context of hierarchical menus (SELECT > > OPTGROUP > OPTION) > > > As the dtd says precisely: > > "ATTLIST OPTION [...] > label %Text; #IMPLIED -- for use in hierarchical menus -- > " > > and the specification further gives as an illustration: > > > " <SELECT name="ComOS"> > <OPTION selected label="none" value="none">None</OPTION> > <OPTGROUP label="PortMaster 3"> > <OPTION label="3.7.1" value="pm3_3.7.1">PortMaster 3 with ComOS > [...] > > represents the following grouping: > None > PortMaster 3 > 3.7.1 > " > > => the capitalization of "None" in the representation hints that the > option's content is to be displayed in the UI in the non-hierarchical case, > and not the label attribute. > > Thank you for any clarification you may bring, > > gg. > > >
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