[whatwg] select element should have a required attribute

[Ashley Sheridan]

On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 11:35 +0200, Mounir Lamouri wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering why select element do not have a required attribute. It
> seems to be perfectly suitable. With the required attribute, select
> element would be able to suffer from being missing and the :required
> pseudo-class could apply.
> 
> Is there a reason why the select element has no required attribute or
> it's only an omission?
> 
> Related bug:
> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9625
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> Mounir


Required as in it should always have a value sent? If so, then it always
does. The default value for a select element is not an empty string as
an <option> is always there (unless someone has been stupid enough to
create an empty select list.)

As such, some sort of value will always be sent.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk


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