[whatwg] [WF2] Label with empty for attribute

[Ian Hickson]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 02:51:17 -0700, Matthew Raymond
> <mattraymond at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > > I think "for" should be treated analogously to "form". That would mean
> > > > that the <label> element is not associated with any control.
> > > 
> > > Back compat wins this one I think.
> > 
> >    That and what's the point of having a <label> with a control in it
> > that the <label> is not associated with?
> 
> I don't know. What's the point again of having a form control inside a form,
> but not being associated with anything (including the form)?

Sometimes you need to make elements not be associated with the form, so 
that they won't be submitted with the form.

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