On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 09:27:36PM -0500, Allan Wind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-03-11T22:25:29+0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > > The "false" value for the checked attribute is wrong. > > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#adef-checked > indicate that checked is a boolean attribute, and > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/sgmltut.html#didx-boolean_attribute > that true and false are valid values. Absence of the attribute implies > false. So I beg to differ that the notation used is "wrong".
Quoting your URL: Their appearance in the start tag of an element implies that the value of the attribute is "true". Their absence implies a value of "false". (...) The attribute is set to "true" by appearing in the element's start tag: <OPTION selected="selected"> The wording is maybe badly chosen, but it doesn't mean "true" or "false" are valid values. Take a look at the DTD definition of INPUT for checked: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#edef-INPUT checked (checked) #IMPLIED -- for radio buttons and check boxes -- That means the accepted value for checked is "checked" or nothing. Nothing else is accepted. See http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.3.4. "Whether the default value of the attribute is implicit (keyword "#IMPLIED"), in which case the default value must be supplied by the user agent" That means that either you put the attribute with a value value, or omit it in which case you get the default value (not really a value, technically speaking), which is to not check the checkbox. The semantics for the attribute possible value definition are the same than that for the element declaration. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.3.3 ( ... ) Delimits a group. A A must occur, one time only. Here we have (checked) which means a group for which "checked" must occur (or not in which case you get the default behaviour). An example of attribute that accepts several fixed values is given in the element declaration section. valign (top|middle|bottom|baseline) #IMPLIED Which means a group for which either "top", "middle", "bottom" or "baseline" must occur (or not in which case you get the default behaviour). The | has the meaning defined in the element declaration section: A | B Either A or B must occur, but not both. Coming back to checked, if "true" and "false" were valid values, it would have been defined as checked (checked|true|false) #IMPLIED > > The "html" output method follows the rules of HTML for output and will > > not output something wrong HTML-wise. Use the "xml" output method if you > > want to keep your (wrong) checked="false" attribute. > > The problem is that it changes meaning of the data. It would be fine if > it omitted the attribute entirely. It would be fine if you'd put valid data. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
