Re: Re: sloppiness & stupidity

Ford, Mike wrote: > On 17 June 2009 23:56, PJ advised: > > >> Nisse Engstr�m wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:18:09 +0100, "Ford, Mike" wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> This is very true -- but XHTML requires *all* attributes to have a >>>> value, so an XHTML conformant page will use <select >>>> multiple="multiple" >>>> name="selector"> (or something similar such as <select >>>> multiple="yes" >>>> name="selector">). The only inconsistency here is that different >>>> people >>>> have chosen to validate against different standards. >>>> >>>> >>> The multiple attribute only has one value: "multiple", so >>> it has to be <select multiple="multiple">. I don't think >>> "yes" cuts the mustard. In HTML, you can shorten it to <select >>> multiple>. >>> >>> >> From my limited experience, and vast reading of those glorious 20,000 >> entries on the Internet, multiple does not take a parameter. I had my >> fingers slapped once when I validated or something - multiple is just >> plain multiple ! :-P ;-) :-) >> > > Oh, good grief! Did you even read what you've quoted from me above? > > If you code to an HTML standard, then multiple can indeed be just plain multiple, but HTML 4 > does allow the addition of ="multiple" for compatibility reasons. > > But if you code to an XHTML standard, multiple must be multiple="multiple", as XHTML > **requires** that all attributes have an argument, and (as I've just learned!) > "multiple" is the only valid argument for the multiple attribute. > > No modern browser that I know of will object to the multiple="multiple" usage. > Ouch, my hand is beginning to hurt. :-( -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php