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Bug 14482 - The DOM interface for the INPUT element have the properties 'selectionStart' and 'selectionEnd'. The opposite of the word 'start' is the word 'stop'. The opposite of the word 'begin' is the word 'end'. But the standard mixes the word 'start' with the word
Summary: The DOM interface for the INPUT element have the properties 'selectionStart' ...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-10-17 14:37 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-10-18 08:38 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2011-10-17 14:37:59 UTC 
Specification: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/spec.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top

Comment:
The DOM interface for the INPUT element have the properties 'selectionStart'
and 'selectionEnd'.

The opposite of the word 'start' is the word 'stop'.
The opposite of the word 'begin' is the word 'end'.

But the standard mixes the word 'start' with the word 'end'.

The properties should be named 'selectionStart' and 'selectionStop' or
'selectionBegin' and 'selectionEnd'.

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Comment 1 Tab Atkins Jr. 2011-10-17 22:21:07 UTC 
Incorrect.  "start" and "end" are legitimate opposites.  For example, one talks of the "start" of a race and the "end" of a race.

As well, "start" and "end" have been long established as opposite directions in the inline axis in CSS and other APIs.
Comment 2 Anne 2011-10-18 08:38:26 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: They are used as nouns cannot be changed at this stage because of deployed content. (Thanks Brian Lam.)