15769 2012-01-29 10:19:07 +0000 Section should clarify whether |download| attribute is boolean or not (i.e., is the minimum form |<a download>| or |<a download="">|?) 2012-07-18 18:47:37 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED INVALID http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-hyperlink-download P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian bugzilla kennyluck mike Ms2ger contributor oldest_to_newest 63273 0 contributor 2012-01-29 10:19:07 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#attr-hyperlink-download Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#attr-hyperlink-download Comment: Section should clarify whether |download| attribute is boolean or not (i.e., is the minimum form |<a download>| or |<a download="">|?) Posted from: 108.89.52.130 User agent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.61 63274 1 Ms2ger 2012-01-29 10:31:07 +0000 Those are equivalent. 63309 2 kennyluck 2012-01-30 06:14:17 +0000 Regardless of the sentence in the parenthesis, the request seems to be quite clear. Having said that, the spec says # The attribute may have a value; the value, if any, specifies the default filename that the author # recommends for use in labeling the resource in a local file system. There are no restrictions on allowed # values, but authors are cautioned that most file systems have limitations with regard to what # punctuation is supported in file names, and user agents are likely to adjust file names accordingly. and it's quite apparent to me that this attribute is currently not a boolean attribute and this doesn't need to be clarified. 63390 3 bugzilla 2012-01-31 08:06:06 +0000 Hello, I submitted this bug. On a re-reading of both the text cited by Kenny Lu and the definition for Boolean attributes, the Boolean status of the attribute seems clear. I was apparently confused by the simple use case--invoking a download with the existing file name--having the same syntax (i.e., |<a download="">|) as the Boolean attribute syntax. I see now that |<a download>| can't work here because it would have to be equivalent to |<a download="download">|. I'll change the bug status to "INVALID." (IMO, it would be less confusing and more powerful to have |download| be a Boolean with the filename info in a separate attribute (e.g., |save-as|).)