Re: [whatwg] Why are form fields without a name barred from constraint validation?

2010-04-02 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:00:04 -0700, Bruce Lawson wrote: >> >> On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:28:50 -, Futomi Hatano wrote: >>> >>> Because such controls are ignored when the form is submitted. >>> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#for

Re: [whatwg] Why are form fields without a name barred from constraint validation?

2010-04-02 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:00:04 -0700, Bruce Lawson wrote: On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:28:50 -, Futomi Hatano wrote: Because such controls are ignored when the form is submitted. http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#form-submission-algorithm Nameless controls are meaningless in form submission.

Re: [whatwg] Why are form fields without a name barred from constraint validation?

2010-04-02 Thread Bruce Lawson
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:28:50 -, Futomi Hatano wrote: Because such controls are ignored when the form is submitted. http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#form-submission-algorithm Nameless controls are meaningless in form submission. So, those controls do not need to be validated, I think

Re: [whatwg] Why are form fields without a name barred from constraint validation?

2010-04-02 Thread Futomi Hatano
Hi Bruce, On Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:57:04 - "Bruce Lawson" wrote: > "Constraint validation: If an element does not have a name attribute > specified, or its name attribute's value is the empty string, then it is > barred from constraint validation." > > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.h

[whatwg] Why are form fields without a name barred from constraint validation?

2010-04-02 Thread Bruce Lawson
"Constraint validation: If an element does not have a name attribute specified, or its name attribute's value is the empty string, then it is barred from constraint validation." http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#naming-form-controls As a matter of interest, why? -- Hang loose and sta