- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:23:22 +0100
- To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org, www-html@w3.org
Jough wrote: > True, but unlike 'row' and 'col' for textarea which are required, all > attributes you have mentioned are implied [1]. What makes these different? > I agree that there should be NO presentation attributes in XHTML strict, but > if we are to have some why would they be required? > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd Ah, you're right, forgot about that...that's even worse, definitely. And yes, based on the definition of those attributes, there's really nothing beyond the presentation intended "This attribute specifies the number of visible text lines. [...] This attribute specifies the visible width in average character widths." Maybe somebody from the W3C HTML list could enlighten us as to why these attributes were kept as required? Is it just for backwards compatibility? P -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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