[whatwg] Quick thought on the Combo Box problem...

[Martin Kutschker]

Matthew Raymond <mattraymond at earthlink.net> writes on 
Wed, 30 Jun 2004 04:25:16 +0200 (METDST):

> 
> Hmm... How 'bout this:
> 
> <popup id="list1">
> <item value="Item 1" />
> <item value="Item 2" />
> <item value="Item 3" />
> </popup>
> 
> <popup id="cutcopy">
> <item value="Cut" />
> <item value="Copy" />
> <item value="Paste" />
> </popup>
> 
> <label for="combo1">Combo 1: </label>
> <input type="combo" name="combo1" value="Default" popup="list1"
> />
> 
> <label for="combo2">Combo 2: </label>
> <input type="combo" name="combo2" value="Default" popup="list1"
> />
> 
> <label for="text1">Text 1: </label>
> <input type="text" name="text1" value="Default" context="cutcopy"
> />
> 
> <script language="ECMAScript" src="nonWF2_popup.js"></script>


I like it. In fact I have suggested something like this in a private mail to Ian before the combo was dropped from the spec. AFAIR he didn't like it, because the "popup" elements could be scattered across the document.

Masi