[whatwg] Input type=date UI discussion

Jim Ley jim.ley at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 12:28:03 PDT 2005


On 7/13/05, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> > I think the intention of the spec is that a form must always be
> > submitted by a specific button. So if your UI allows you to submit a
> > form e.g. by clapping your hands once, the onclick event is still fired
> > on the default button and the name=value of the button is still
> > submitted.
> 
> Correct.

Cool, any chance of it saying that ie defining the terms -
specifically including automated submission tools, e.g. Opera with a
script extension which submitted the form must also cause a click
event to fire on the first form element for that Opera to remain
conformant.

Jim.



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