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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Currently (HTML4.01) and in the near-future HTML5
spec optgroup elements are used to group options (hence the name :-) and amongst
others allow us to disable a group of option elements at once.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Personally, I think it would make sense to add
the ability to make an optgroup selectable. The result *could* be to select all
the childs of that optgroup element (or simply post the child values as an array
or whatever).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I've searched through the archive and only found
discussions regarding nested optgroups.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><FONT face=Verdana>In a form submission
case it would make sense as optgroups are used to subcategorize options. If
optgroups are used in for example search pages on websites, it would allow users
to only select an optgroup to select all of it's childs in, as an example, the
following scenario:</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><select><BR> <optgroup
label="Excel"><BR> <option label="Excel 2000">Excel
2000</option><BR> <option label="Excel 2002">Excel
2002</option><BR> <option label="Excel 2003">Excel
2003</option><BR> <option label="Excel 2007">Excel
2007</option><BR> </optgroup><BR> <optgroup
label="Word"><BR> <option label="Word 2000">Word
2000</option><BR> <option label="Word 2002">Word
2002</option><BR> <option label="Word 2003">Word
2003</option><BR> <option label="Word 2007">Word
2007</option><BR> </optgroup><BR></select></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Verdana>Would all
of the above make sense? Or don't y'all encounter issues related to form
usability at the moment?</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>