[whatwg] <input type="text" accept="">

[Lachlan Hunt]

Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:11:39 +0700, Lachlan Hunt 
> <lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au> wrote:
>>> Maybe features like spellckeching, syntax highlighting and so on 
>>> should be controlled via CSS?
> 
>> No, spell checking is a user agent feature that should be controlled 
>> by the UA and the user.  Authors should have no explicit control over it.
> 
> One can also say that authors should not have explicit control over 
> whether hyperlinks are underlined or not.

The difference is that underlining is presentation, spell checking is 
not.  The functionality of a link cannot be changed with CSS, likewise 
spell checking shouldn't either.

>> Besides, spell checking *is not*  presentation, it is UA functionality 
>> and so it does not belong in the presentation layer.
> 
> Visual elements      <=> Presentation
> Interactive elements <=> Behavior
> 
> I think these are similar relationships.

I don't understand your point here.

> BTW, isn't the "cursor" CSS property about behavior?

What?  How is it?  It just declares the desired presentation of the 
cursor, what behaviour does it have?

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Lachlan Hunt
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