[whatwg] <isindex prompt>

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Mon Jun 18 21:05:11 PDT 2007


On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>
> I think the parsing algorithm should take the prompt="" attribute of 
> <isindex> in account. It replaces the string of characters placed before 
> the <input> element with its contents. (In that case there will be no 
> characters after the <isindex> element.)

Done.


On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> 
> Also, the prompt="" attribute will not be on the <input> element 
> afterwards.

Done.


On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
>
> Are there any real-world uses of <isindex> remaining? Is this element 
> worth thetrouble?

Sadly, yes.


On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Martijn wrote:
> 
> Also, there is an action attribute, so I think it would be wise to
> include that one too.

Done.

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