- From: David Dorward <david@dorward.me.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:29:39 +0000
- To: Antonello Bianchi <antonello@mathesis.it>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:15:28PM +0100, Antonello Bianchi wrote:
> Thanks to David I've found a solution to my issue and maybe what probably
> is an inconsistency in the validator: I've understand that the message
> stated that the selected attribute must have a value.
No, it has a value (selected), it needs a name (also selected). This
is a somewhat odd thing in SGML in which where you have a value for an
attribute which can apply only to one specific attribute you can leave
the name off and use just the value.
i.e. selected=selected
^^^^^^^^^
The content indicated with "^" characters is optional in HTML.
> It seems that the
> form <option value="xxx" selected>kkk</option> is not accepted even if, as
> far as I know, is a legal one.
That is not legal in XHTML. See the reference I provided earlier.
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David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk
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