17047 2012-05-14 15:22:03 +0000 Add id attribute to HTMLElement IDL 2012-05-14 18:28:14 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED WORKSFORME P3 normal --- 1 tj ian mike Ms2ger public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 67649 0 tj 2012-05-14 15:22:03 +0000 The `id` attribute should be added to the IDL for `HTMLElement`; it doesn't seem to be there in the latest editor's[1] or working[2] drafts. AFAIK, this has been a reflected property for as long as there have been specs for HTMLElement, certainly since 1999[3]. I believe the current Recommendation-level spec for it is DOM2 HTML[4]. A huge number of sites would fail in a browser that didn't reflect this attribute. [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/elements.html#htmlelement [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/elements.html#htmlelement [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/CR-DOM-Level-2-19991210/cover.html#contents [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-63534901 67682 1 Ms2ger 2012-05-14 18:28:14 +0000 It's on Element now: http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#interface-element