Re: [whatwg] Missing HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete
I would like to insist on the datalist proposition I posted on this list (didn't caught any interest, though). Don't worry, your e-mail is in the queue! Requests for features tend to take a bit longer for me to deal with than simple bug reports, though. Glad to hear, Ian! Thanks for your reply. Sure I understand there may be a lot on your plate already, in the meanwhile I'm mocking it behind an Angular directive. :) Cheers, Luis
Re: [whatwg] Missing HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete
I would like to insist on the datalist proposition I posted on this list (didn't caught any interest, though). A datalist for select would enable to have the contents of a select defined externally, and would also enable the reuse of this data. I don't see why datalist can be applied to an input and not to a select. Cheers, Luis On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Matthew Noorenberghe mattn+wha...@mozilla.com wrote: Hello, Is it intentional that there is no HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete IDL attribute[1]? Both input[2] and textarea[3] have it so there is currently inconsistency. Thanks, Matthew Noorenberghe [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-select-element [2] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-input-element [3] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-textarea-element
Re: [whatwg] Missing HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete
On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Matthew Noorenberghe wrote: Is it intentional that there is no HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete IDL attribute? Both input and textarea have it so there is currently inconsistency. Woops. Totally an oversight on my part. When I added autocomplete to select recently, I forgot to fix that. Fixed. Thanks. On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Luis Farzati wrote: I would like to insist on the datalist proposition I posted on this list (didn't caught any interest, though). A datalist for select would enable to have the contents of a select defined externally, and would also enable the reuse of this data. I don't see why datalist can be applied to an input and not to a select. Don't worry, your e-mail is in the queue! Requests for features tend to take a bit longer for me to deal with than simple bug reports, though. On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Dan Beam wrote: It'd be nice to avoid more attribute accessors (and encourage authors to use getAttribute() instead), but if input and textarea have them we should probably be consistent. Can you elaborate on the cost of attribute accessors? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E)\._.,--,'``.fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A/, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
Re: [whatwg] Missing HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Ian Hickson i...@hixie.ch wrote: On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Matthew Noorenberghe wrote: Is it intentional that there is no HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete IDL attribute? Both input and textarea have it so there is currently inconsistency. Woops. Totally an oversight on my part. When I added autocomplete to select recently, I forgot to fix that. Fixed. Thanks. On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Luis Farzati wrote: I would like to insist on the datalist proposition I posted on this list (didn't caught any interest, though). A datalist for select would enable to have the contents of a select defined externally, and would also enable the reuse of this data. I don't see why datalist can be applied to an input and not to a select. Don't worry, your e-mail is in the queue! Requests for features tend to take a bit longer for me to deal with than simple bug reports, though. On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Dan Beam wrote: It'd be nice to avoid more attribute accessors (and encourage authors to use getAttribute() instead), but if input and textarea have them we should probably be consistent. Can you elaborate on the cost of attribute accessors? Namespace exhaustion (maybe form.autocomplete() would've worked instead of requestAutocomplete() if autocomplete= hadn't taken it?), multiple ways to do things (vs getAttribute), longer specs/IDLs/compile times. -- Dan Beam db...@chromium.org -- Ian Hickson U+1047E)\._.,--,'``.fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A/, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
Re: [whatwg] Missing HTMLSelectElement.autocomplete
On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Dan Beam wrote: On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, Dan Beam wrote: It'd be nice to avoid more attribute accessors (and encourage authors to use getAttribute() instead), but if input and textarea have them we should probably be consistent. Can you elaborate on the cost of attribute accessors? Namespace exhaustion (maybe form.autocomplete() would've worked instead of requestAutocomplete() if autocomplete= hadn't taken it?) I think it would have been very confusing to have a method with the same name as a content attribute. multiple ways to do things (vs getAttribute) Well sure, but isn't the IDL attribute a lot cleaner-looking? longer specs/IDLs/compile times. Surely authors' needs outweigh these. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E)\._.,--,'``.fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A/, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
