[whatwg] cloneNode and HTML elements

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Jonas Sicking <jonas at sicking.cc> wrote:

> My assumption was always the opposite. For example for <input>
> elements we clone the 'value' API attribute, as well as the internal
> has-changed-value bit (used for form field restore when going back to
> a page).
>

Looks like Opera and Webkit clone some form control state too (the text of
text inputs, at least). Haven't tested IE, but it seems likely that
interoperability requires at least some cloning of hidden state, so this
does need to be specified somewhere.

I don't particular care what the spec ends up being. For media elements,
cloning some hidden state could be useful, but it is hard to implement.

Rob
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