On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Jonas Sicking <span dir="ltr"><jonas@sicking.cc></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div>My assumption was always the opposite. For example for <input><br></div>
elements we clone the 'value' API attribute, as well as the internal<br>
has-changed-value bit (used for form field restore when going back to<br>
a page).<font color="#888888"><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><div>Looks like Opera and Webkit
clone some form control state too (the text of text inputs, at least). Haven't tested IE, but it seems likely that interoperability requires at least some cloning of hidden state, so this does need to be specified somewhere.<br>
<br>I don't particular care what the spec ends up being. For media elements, cloning some hidden state could be useful, but it is hard to implement.<br><br clear="all"></div>Rob<br>-- <br>"He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]<br>