RE: [CSSWG][selectors-4] Updated WD of Selectors L4

>> :blank is quite bad as a state name
>> 
>> For example <input type="text" value="">  shall be considered as not :blank as it has initial value 
>> deliberately set to blank string (empty string allowed).

>No, actually, that would also match :blank.
>:blank is not intended as :user-modified or anything like that, it's a check
>on the current state of the value.

It has quite limited practical use then. Yet not clear what it means in case of <select>, <input|radio> and others.

I would expect  <input type="text" value="">  to match input:empty  selector if I just want to check if it is *empty*.
Why do we need that separate :blank selector that can be used only with particular <input type=text> element?  

Anyway what would be the selector for unsuccessful (for form submission)  elements?
How we will be able to highlight form elements that are not set / not ready for submission?
Distinct styling of “no-value yet” state  is used on almost any form on the web these days.



Andrew Fedoniouk

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From: fantasai
Sent: November 22, 2018 11:02 AM
To: Andrew Fedoniouk; www-style@w3.org
Subject: Re: [CSSWG][selectors-4] Updated WD of Selectors L4

On 11/21/18 5:33 PM, Andrew Fedoniouk wrote:
> :blank is quite bad as a state name
> 
> For example <input type="text" value="">  shall be considered as not :blank as it has initial value 
> deliberately set to blank string (empty string allowed).

No, actually, that would also match :blank.
:blank is not intended as :user-modified or anything like that, it's a check
on the current state of the value.

~fantasai