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Bug 8796 - So is an attribute with no value valid? Like <input type="file" multiple /> ? Because writing multiple="" isn't really logical, nor is multiple="multiple". multiple="true" would be logical. This irks me...
Summary: So is an attribute with no value valid? Like <input type="file" multiple /> ?...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
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: 2010-01-21 23:24 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:32 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-01-21 23:24:55 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#boolean-attributes

Comment:
So is an attribute with no value valid? Like <input type="file" multiple /> ?
Because writing multiple="" isn't really logical, nor is multiple="multiple".
multiple="true" would be logical. This irks me...

Posted from: 129.93.245.98
Comment 1 Anne 2010-01-31 00:06:59 UTC 
It is.