This question is sort of CSS related, but I think it's worth bringing up
here, assuming it hasn't already been discussed.
The first thing I wanted to do with the required attribute when I started
playing with it is to use the CSS :after pseudo-element to add an asterisk
after every required
Why not make required an acceptable attribute for the label element?
The class or title attribute can solve your problem:
label class=required
label.required:after {content:*}
label title=required
label[title~=required]:after {content:*}
This could be another way to solve the same problem:
style
label + input[required] + span:after { content: * ; }
/style
label for=name1Name/label
input id=name1 type=text requiredspannbsp;/span
However, the above does not work on IE6 (attribute selectors).
So the id/class suggested by Chris is
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:33 PM, WhatWg wha...@gmail.com wrote:
However, it seems that since input is an empty element, the content cannot
be added after.
Right; inputs don't have children. (In some actual implementations,
they just automatically hide their children from the rest of the DOM.)
label class=required
and
input id=name1 type=text requiredspannbsp;/span
are effective, but then again this would be too:
.../label*
It just seems a shame that we have this neat attribute that indicates
required controls, but we can't actually use it to change the
presentation adding
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Brenton Strine wha...@gmail.com wrote:
label class=required
and
input id=name1 type=text requiredspannbsp;/span
are effective, but then again this would be too:
.../label*
It just seems a shame that we have this neat attribute that indicates
required
