Scott, That attribute is most likely being injected by your text editor. And it most likely only has a meaning inside that editor You would find that if you try to validate this page it will throw up unknown attribute error.
The following provides information on how browsers handle unknown attributes and elements: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ThoughtExperimentInGracefulDegradation Regards Mevlana On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:27 PM, <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> wrote: > ********************************************************************* > WEB STANDARDS GROUP MAIL LIST DIGEST > ********************************************************************* > > > From: Scott Elcomb <pse...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 14:18:11 -0400 > Subject: [Slightly OT]: hasbox tag attribute? > > Hi all, > > I've been trying to find more information about a tag attribute I > wasn't really aware of until today, called 'hasbox'. Originally I > suspected Internet Explorer, but when I look in either of the Firebug > or Google Chrome consoles, I'm seeing this attribute being injected on > all kinds of tags. > > Here's what I think I know: > > * I don't believe apache is injecting this before sending to the > client (I'll be /very/ surprised if that's the case) > * I don't believe jQuery (used in the site's construction) is at > fault; grep doesn't find "hasbox" in the source files. > * Despite showing up across multiple browsers, I don't believe it's a > standard attribute (documentation would be easier to locate) > > I've asked on stackoverflow, so far without response: > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6268640/html-attribute-hasbox> > > An appeal on twitter (linking to the above url) turned up nothing. > > Does anyone know what this attribute is/does and from whence it comes? > > TIA, > -- > Scott Elcomb > @psema4 on Twitter / Identi.ca > > Atomic OS: Self Contained Microsystems > http://code.google.com/p/atomos/ > > Clerk of the Pirate Party of Canada > http://www.pirateparty.ca/ > > ************************************************************** > Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ************************************************************** > > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
