29563 2016-04-07 16:01:48 +0000 Select should allow blank options 2016-04-07 18:20:11 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5: The Markup Language (editor: Michael(tm) Smith) unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED MOVED P2 normal --- 1 mvdleij mike chaals public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 125762 0 mvdleij 2016-04-07 16:01:48 +0000 According to the HTML spec per the content model for the option element, neither <option></option> nor <option label=""></option> are valid. I believe they should be valid, because: 1) there is widespread use of <option></option> on the internet, and 2) A (granted, non-normative) section of the select element describes setting the length attribute of a select element to add "new blank option elements to the select". There is no other definition of "blank option" and all current web browsers will generate "<option></option>" in response to increasing a select's length. 125765 1 chaals 2016-04-07 18:20:11 +0000 Moved to the HTML github: https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/176