[whatwg] Textarea Wishlist
fantasai
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Thu Jul 8 10:49:17 PDT 2004
James Graham wrote:
> James Graham wrote:
>
>> I was having thoughts about a somewhat similar feature - the ability to
>> specify a input 'language' for a text-area
>
> Thinking a little more, I think that the first partt of this idea alone (i.e.
> an attribute to specify the data type expected in a text area) would be
> useful enough to implement alone. This would allow browsers to implement
> syntax highlighting, check for XML well-formedness and provide access to
> helper applications relevant to the data type.
>
> So something that would roughly work: Add an optional dataformat (better
> name?) attribute that takes a URI. ... The behavior of the UA in response to
> the presence of the attribute is not specified.
I like this idea. I think even having a helper application for text/plain
would be useful. Click a button somewhere and the browser opens up the
file in your favorite editor. Make your edits. Hit Save, and the new text
appears in the textarea.
~fantasai
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