I stand corrected. It seems that the elements: a, button, form, img, input, map, meta, object, select, param and textarea can have the attribute "name" under HTML 4.01 Strict. In the case of map and param it is even mandatory.
Sorry for top-posting. I must change my gmail settings.... 2010/4/12 Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > MB, > > On 4/12/2010 11:00 AM, MB wrote: >> The request object in the servlet spec as I understand it as used in the >> Tomcat 6 container for example makes use of the deprecated HTML >> attribute "name"... > > +1 to Hassan's comments: the HTML attribute "name" certainly has not > been deprecated for form elements. The whole web would break if that > were true. > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#attr-fe-name > > Think about it: radio buttons would no longer work, since multiple > <input> elements are required, all with the same name. It is illegal to > have multiple elements with the same id, so you can't correctly > implement radio buttons without the "name" attribute. > > Note that <input> elements are not mentioned here: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xhtml1-20020801/#h-4.10 > > It's just the <form> that should use "id" instead of "name". > >> I imagine I could make my own request object, inherit and override >> "name" with "id", but perhaps this have already been done somewhere? > > No, you couldn't: removing the "name" attribute would require that you > modify the user agent, not the server. > > I think some web browsers will use the "id" attribute in place of the > "name" attribute for a form element if the latter is not present. This > behavior is not specified and shouldn't be relied upon. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvDakgACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PAx4wCgkDVgmg9650g0dhcJoXWBimD0 > 60sAoLK6rPySUEcDAN61jFieh7yjDNhI > =H0Ii > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
