[whatwg] :invalid

[Simon Pieters]

On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:50:42 +0200, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky at mit.edu> wrote:

> On 9/23/10 6:12 PM, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
>> So, to improve the user experience while using web forms we would like
>> to fix that. However, we are wondering if :invalid (and :valid?)
>> specifications should be updated to take UX considerations or if a new
>> pseudo-classe should be created. Does anyone has an opinion about that?
>
> I was actually thinking about this the other day...  We could add a new  
> pseudo-class for matching form controls that have their default value  
> (or that don't, depending on how we expect this to be used).  then you  
> could style :invalid:not(:has-default-value) specially, say....

That wouldn't get the right UX if the user tabs through a required field  
or tries to submit a form without touching a required field.

I was thinking of :invalid:dirty where :dirty matches form controls that  
have received and lost focus or its form has been tried to be submitted,  
or some such.

> Or I suppose we could just add a new pseudo-class that means the above.
>
> Are there cases when pages would set invalid default values and want  
> them flagged as such in UI?
>
> -Boris
>


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Simon Pieters
Opera Software