On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Brenton Strine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Andy Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > 4) <label> (moving label textual content into <input> as placeholder > text; currently with Javascript to mutate the DOM, in the > future with CSS > to present the desired appearance while keeping the DOM stable) > > Pro: Most semantic. > [snip] > > That depends on what you are using it for. What if you are using it to > apply a placeholder that says "(optional)"? That is not a label at all. > There are a lot of uses for the proposed placeholder attribute that just > don't fit into any of the other categories. I think a placeholder attribute > would be great. Hmm, true. That's definitely a case where the text can't be argued to be a label. Of course, it's still not in any way semantic. The only difference between "(optional)" being displayed near the input and being displayed *within* the input is one of aesthetics. The meaning of the document isn't changed one iota. This leans me even more toward a CSS solution. I'll just bite the bullet and bring it up to the CSS WG. ~TJ