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State: RAISED OPEN PENDINGREVIEW CLOSED POSTPONED
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Raised By: Glenn Adams Adrian Bateman Michael Cooper Paul Cotton Erika Doyle Navara Steve Faulkner James Graham Ian Hickson Lachlan Hunt Kris Krueger Philippe Le Hégaret Larry Masinter Matthew May Shawn Medero Ben Millard Jay Munro Joshue O Connor Theresa O'Connor Frank Olivier Julian Reschke Gregory Rosmaita Sam Ruby Mark Sadecki Janina Sajka Doug Schepers Cynthia Shelly David Singer Henri Sivonen Jerry Smith Michael[tm] Smith Manu Sporny Maciej Stachowiak Everett Zufelt Shelley Powers
Description: I understand the interest in having this element. Rather than having to use JS to collapse or expand a section, the functionality can be built into the user agent. However, the use of JavaScript for the purpose of expanding or collapsing a section is both well-defined and common among web applications. More importantly, following the concept of progressive enhancement, these types of expanding sections are expanded by default if script is turned off. To have a section that is dynamic but not controlled by script is going to cause confusion, particularly among people who turn scripting off and are assuming that there are no "expando" sections in the web page. In fact, I don't see how this element will make developing web applications that much simpler. This type of functionality is trivial with JS. Change Proposal: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removedetails HTML5-SPEC-SECTIONS [the-details-element]
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This issue was raised prematurely, and outside of the procedure in place for handling disagreement. I have postponed the issue, though, as I do have expectations that it will be raised.
Change Proposal: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removedetails
CLOSED by Working Group Decision.
Decision: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Jun/att-0659/issue-93-decision.html