[whatwg] [wf2] :read-write pseudoclass description issue

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Rikkert Koppes wrote:
> 
> However, reading the previous text (in the quoted mail below) again, it 
> occurs to me that was actually intended was "A disabled control can 
> still match this pseudo-class; the [disabled and read-write] states are 
> orthogonal."
> 
> In that sense, the current text is quite a shift.

Yeah, this was done to line up more closely with CSS3 UI's definitions. I 
don't really think they make sense, but it's not HTML5's place to go 
against what the CSSWG decided.


> furthermore, some text remarks at [1]
> - on the read-write definition, first bullet, immutable already includes
> disabled controls [2]

Fixed.


> text remarks at [2]
> - on the note ("The readonly attribute can also in some cases make an input
> element immutable."): in which cases not? [3] seems to imply all cases, this
> should be made clear at the note.

It doesn't, e.g., make a radio button immutable. I'm not sure how to make 
it clearer without repeating spec text over and over though.

Cheers,
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