Don't speculate, look up:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.6
It's valid.
"This attribute allows authors to specify a shorter label for an
option than the content of the OPTION element. When specified, user
agents should use the value of this attribute rather than the content
of the OPTION element as the option label."
--Klaus
On 7 Mai, 20:16, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think "label" inside an option is a valid attribute. I'd
> remove that. Is there a reason you're using that? Maybe you should
> consider using the "title" attribute instead.
>
> On May 6, 1:42 pm, "Michael B. Williams" <mbw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Consider the following select box:
>
> > <select id="test">
> > <option value=""></option>
> > <option label="XS" value="1">XS</option>
> > <option label="S" value="2">S</option>
> > <option label="M" value="3">M</option>
> > <option label="L" value="4">L</option>
> > <option label="XL" value="5">XL</option>
> > <option label="0" value="6">0</option>
> > <option label="1" value="7">1</option>
> > <option label="2" value="8">2</option>
> > <option label="3" value="9">3</option>
> > <option label="4" value="10">4</option>
> > <option label="5" value="11">5</option>
> > <option label="6" value="12">6</option>
> > <option label="7" value="13">7</option>
> > <option label="8" value="14">8</option>
> > <option label="9" value="15">9</option>
> > <option label="10" value="16">10</option>
> > <option label="11" value="17">11</option>
> > <option label="12" value="18">12</option>
> > </select>
>
> > If I do a $("#test").val(2) on this I would hope it would select "S",
> > but instead it selects "2". Why is this setting the value of the
> > select box based on the label rather than based on the value
> > attribute?
>
> > I am using Safari 4, by the way.
>
> > Thanks
