[whatwg] [html5] r5399 - [giow] (2) Define option.selected; make <option disabled selected> still get sel [...]

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Simon Pieters wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:13:13 +0100, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Simon Pieters wrote:
> > > 
> > > Maybe <select required><option value selected disabled>Choose one... 
> > > should be allowed?
> > 
> > I considered that, but since disabled options don't get selected, that 
> > wouldn't work without yet more special-casing.
> 
> It gets selected in Opera, Firefox and WebKit. AFAICT the spec makes it 
> selected, too ("selectedness" is true if selected="" is present 
> regardless of disabled="").

Good point. Fixed.


> > > The spec currently doesn't require there to be any select label 
> > > option if the required attribute is present on select.
> > 
> > Right, the label doesn't have to be present. Why would we require one?
> 
> Because without one the required attribute has no effect, so is likely 
> an authoring mistake.

Only if neither multiple="" and size="" are specified. But fair enough, in 
that case I've made it required that there be a label.


> Also, s/selected element's/select element's/

Fixed.

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