Re: Weird browser bug (I think)

----- Original Message ----- From: <jlx@commandprompt.com> To: "PHP Lists" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Weird browser bug (I think) > On Thu, 15 May 2003, Kevin Stone wrote: > >><option value="500" selected="selected">500</option> > >The proper HTML syntax looks like this.. > ><option value="" SELECTED></option> > > This is actually not quite accurate. This is the old way of selecting an > option; as of XHTML 1.0 valueless attributes are no longer valid, so while > the old form still is respected by most browsers, it is appropriate to use > selected="selected" and checked="checked" if one is coding to the more > recent spec. > > Regardless, if that were the problem, the first value would be selected by > default, not the last. The problem I suspect is Mozilla's tendency to > ignore first-load defaults on refresh and choosing to go with previously > selected values, which it is known to do. > > Best wishes, > Jw. Wow what boneheaded syntax will they come up with next. So in that case selected="false" and checked="off" would evaluate to true. Would they not? - Kevin