Hi Neil, Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated.
I think this just was a case where I misremembered what to do. I think the first time I saw the download attribute being used was in Jeremy Keith's book <https://abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers> years back. In it, I don't *think* he had a name inside anchors for examples of this behavior, so I assumed for the longest time it wasn't required. On Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 10:27:34 PM UTC-4, Neil Faiman wrote: > > On Mar 14, 2020, at 8:45 PM, Christopher Finazzo <chris....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > When checking the syntax of my document, I am getting validator warnings > that the syntax of my download links is incorrect. BBEdit tells me that the > download attribute requires a value inside the anchor, but the W3C's Nu > checker has no such complaints. > > > This is from he HTML spec at whatwg.org: > > The download attribute, if present, indicates that the author intends the > hyperlink to be used for downloading a resource > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#downloading-hyperlinks>. > The attribute may have a value; the value, if any, specifies the default > file name that the author recommends for use in labeling the resource in a > local file system. There are no restrictions on allowed values, but authors > are cautioned that most file systems have limitations with regard to what > punctuation is supported in file names, and user agents are likely to > adjust file names accordingly. > > > and > > In some cases, resources are intended for later use rather than immediate > viewing. To indicate that a resource is intended to be downloaded for use > later, rather than immediately used, the download > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#attr-hyperlink-download> > attribute > can be specified on the a > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element> > or area > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/image-maps.html#the-area-element> > element > that creates the hyperlink > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#hyperlink> to that > resource. > > The attribute can furthermore be given a value, to specify the file name > that user agents are to use when storing the resource in a file system. > This value can be overridden by the `Content-Disposition > <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266>` HTTP header's filename parameters. > [RFC6266] > <https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/references.html#refsRFC6266> > > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/b214b93a-416c-49b1-84e4-6275d1e0caf4%40googlegroups.com.
