[whatwg] Should :default apply to checkboxes, radios, and options?
L. David Baron
dbaron at dbaron.org
Fri Apr 30 12:12:09 PDT 2010
For a long time, Gecko has implemented the behavior that the
:default pseudo-class matches checkboxes, radios, and options that
are selected by default (i.e., anything that matches :checked by
default). I think supporting it for option elements is explicitly
stated in the spec where :default was introduced:
# One example is the default submit button among a set of buttons.
# Another example is the default option from a popup menu.
# Multiple elements in a select-many group could have multiple
# :default elements, like a selection of pizza toppings for
# example.
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-ui/#pseudo-default
and I think supporting it for radios and checkboxes logically
follows from that.
However, the HTML5 spec says that :default should not apply in these
cases:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html#selector-default
I don't feel particularly strongly about this one, but it seems like
the original intent of :default was to match both things that are
the "default button" and things that are "selected by default".
Was this difference with existing implementation behavior
intentional?
-David
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