Name is still perfectly valid for form elements (inputs, selects, etc), just not for the FORM element itself.
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/abstract_modules.html#s_forms
In any case, you should be using DOM scripting (with IDs assigned to the relevant elements and getElementById or similar), which works just fine.


Patrick

Herrod, Lisa wrote:
Looking for opinions on the use of  javascript for input control focus and
tab index, instead of actually using the 'tabindex' attribute...

I understnd that incomplete browser support of tabindex might influence this
choice, ie javascript. But this would then force the use of the 'name'
attribute which is formally deprecated in xhtml 1.0.

I guess it improves accessibility but reduces compliance.

Any thoughts?

Lisa

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