2013-05-02 2:01, Silvan Laube wrote:
I am missing an easy way to change the looks of form controls such as
> checkboxes and radiobuttons, as it is a very common request. Is there
> such a thing planned for HMTL5? I couldnt find anything so far.
> Basically I want to be able to set a custom picture for the controls.
> would be awesome.
If such a feature would be regarded as desirable, then a natural way to
extend HTML that way would be to allow type=checkbox and
type=radiobutton in <button>. If an element so defined would have
functionality specified as for corresponding <input> elements, you could
simply put an <img> inside <button> in your case.
However, this would be added complexity with no strong reason. It is
already possible to achieve the goal in two ways:
1) use <input> and hide it visually, overlaying an image in its place
2) use <span>, <a>, <button type=button>, <img>, or some other element
and associate the desired functionality with it using JavaScript.
Even though these have their practical problems and some awkwardness, I
don't think the best way to deal with the issue is to extend HTML but
instead
3) extend CSS with a way of specifying the visual appearance of a
checkbox or a radio button.
This would be better in accordance with the trend of delegating visual
rendering to CSS and a simpler process, as it could be part of a
suitable CSS3 "module". It would also automatically degrade gracefully.
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