RE: Should html:file tag have a value attribute?

[David Graham]

Opera does display the value attribute's text in the browser window; 
however, when you open the file chooser on the field, that value is not used 
at all.

David



From: "Karr, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Struts Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Should html:file tag have a value attribute?
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:58:10 -0800
There's definitely a C&P error in the doc.  The HTML specification says
that the value of the "value" attribute MAY be used as the default file
name presented in the FileChooser.  My favorite web site for
interpreting the spec, HTMLHelp, says that most browsers ignore this
value for security reasons.  I wonder what Opera does with this?
Based on this, I would say we should correct the doc for the attribute,
but not remove it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:53 AM
> To: 'Struts Developers List'
> Subject: RE: Should html:file tag have a value attribute?
>
> I'm setting up Cactus tests for that tag and while Struts will put
> value="Some Value" if you specify it, it is completely ignored by
> Mozilla and IE.
>
> I am assuming that it was just a copy and paste error since our docs
> state..."Value of the label to be placed on this button. This value
will
> also be submitted as the value of the specified request parameter.
[Body
> of this tag (if any), or "Cancel"]  (RT EXPR)".  Notice that it says
> 'button' and since it matches
>
> I realize that "Cancel" was probably a copy and paste error
> (html:password has it as well).  I think we need to remove it or
> document it better.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
>
> --
> James Mitchell
> Web Developer/Struts Evangelist
> http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Karr, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:51 PM
> > To: Struts Developers List
> > Subject: RE: Should html:file tag have a value attribute?
> >
> >
> > Say what?  What makes you think it's ignored?  It doesn't appear to
be
> > ignored in Struts (handled in BaseFieldTag.doStartTag()).  The HTML
> > specification describes it, although another source
> > (HTMLHelp) says that
> > "most browsers" ignore it for security reasons.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: James Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:36 AM
> > > To: Struts Developers List
> > > Subject: Should html:file tag have a value attribute?
> > >
> > >
> > > Setting a value for html:file is ignored.  (or is it an error in
the
> > > spec???)
> > >
> > > I wanted to bounce this off someone before I remove it from the
xml
> > > file.
> >
> >
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