[whatwg] Is fieldset interactive?

Henri Sivonen hsivonen at iki.fi
Mon Apr 3 01:19:29 PDT 2006


On Apr 3, 2006, at 09:47, Ian Hickson wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Henri Sivonen wrote:
>>
>> Should fieldset count as an interactive element for the purpose of
>> nesting rules?
>
> No, since as you say:
>
>> A fieldset in a context where interactive elements are forbidden  
>> is not
>> allowed to contain any form controls anyway.
>
> ...it would be pretty stupid to disallow <fieldset>'s main use case...

Oops.  Good point. :-)

Should fieldset itself only be allowed in contexts where interactive  
elements are allowed (both so that it does not itself forbid  
interactive descendants)?

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Henri Sivonen
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