[whatwg] How not to fix HTML
Lachlan Hunt
lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au
Tue Oct 31 19:00:47 PST 2006
Matthew Raymond wrote:
> Here's a thought:
>
> | <p>
> | <grouplabel for="gender">Gender:</grouplabel>
> | <label><input type="radio" name="gender" value="m">Male</label>
> | <label><input type="radio" name="gender" value="f">Female</label>
> | </p>
>
> The element <grouplabel> gives the label for the group.
That's similar to the <label group=""> idea I posted.
> The |for| attribute in this case takes a name rather than and ID,
I think that could be somewhat confusing using the same attribute name
for different, but somewhat related, features. That's why I like the
group attribute, because then there's no chance for confusion about
whether it takes a name or id in this context.
Also, <label> already supported, so there's fewer backwards
compatibility issues.
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Lachlan Hunt
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