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Bug 8240 - Quote: "The value attribute must not be present unless the form attribute is present." This doesn't make sense, since the button can also belong to a form by being put between the form element tags. It should read: "The value attribute must not be prese
Summary: Quote: "The value attribute must not be present unless the form attribute is...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-11-08 14:01 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:28 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2009-11-08 14:01:59 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-button-element

Comment:
Quote: "The value  attribute must not be present unless the form attribute is present." This doesn't make sense, since the button can also belong to a form by being put between the form element tags. It should read: "The value  attribute must not be present unless the button belongs to a form."

Posted from: 83.85.199.111
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-01-05 06:24:43 UTC 
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: I've removed the restriction altogether... it doesn't make any sense.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-01-05 06:26:25 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r4472.
Check-in comment: Remove nonsensical restriction on <button value>.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4471&to=4472