On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:20:59 -0700, Jonas Sicking <jo...@sicking.cc> wrote:
Ah, well, then it definitely seems like we should get rid of this
feature. The harm is definitely there in that it's adding a feature
without solving any problem.
For what it's worth, I'm not even convinced there is a problem. The
website can always let the <select> be submitted and ignore it on the
server if it contains a empty value, and then make the first <option>
in the <select> look something like <option value="">You can select a
prefilled value here</option>
If we are removing the <select> fallback feature we should also change the
way you find <option> elements for a <datalist> element I think. That
should be aligned with <select>: A child element search rather than a
descendant element search.
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Anne van Kesteren
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