Re: [whatwg] RadioNodeList and buttons

2017-10-31 Thread Regis Kuckaertz
Thanks for your question. Phrased like that, it becomes clear to me that I did not think enough about how the value would be computed in the case of a set of buttons. There is no "checkedness" in buttons, not that I know of. Indeed I find your idea more appealing and semantically clearer. When I w

Re: [whatwg] RadioNodeList and buttons

2017-10-31 Thread Boris Zbarsky
On 10/31/17 6:23 AM, Regis Kuckaertz wrote: formElement.onsubmit = (evt) => { evt.preventDefault(); const button = evt.target.elements.namedItem('action'); const value = button.value If this returned buttons, which button would you expect it to return in various situations and why?

[whatwg] RadioNodeList and buttons

2017-10-31 Thread Regis Kuckaertz
Hello, The other day I came across the following behaviour and would like to ask your opinion on the matter. It is not uncommon to find forms such as: Add to favourites Duplicate Delete When a user presses one of these buttons, the UA picks the corresponding value and streamlines it i