On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Anne van Kesteren <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:20:59 -0700, Jonas Sicking <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ah, well, then it definitely seems like we should get rid of this >> feature. The harm is definitely there in that it's adding a feature >> without solving any problem. >> >> For what it's worth, I'm not even convinced there is a problem. The >> website can always let the <select> be submitted and ignore it on the >> server if it contains a empty value, and then make the first <option> >> in the <select> look something like <option value="">You can select a >> prefilled value here</option> > > If we are removing the <select> fallback feature we should also change the > way you find <option> elements for a <datalist> element I think. That should > be aligned with <select>: A child element search rather than a descendant > element search.
Indeed! / Jonas
