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Bug 10917 - modify user agent requirement for details element
Summary: modify user agent requirement for details element
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: a11y
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Reported: 2010-09-30 22:49 UTC by steve faulkner
Modified: 2011-01-11 17:55 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description steve faulkner 2010-09-30 22:49:15 UTC 
in the spec it states:

"The user agent should allow the user to request that the details be shown or hidden."
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/interactive-elements.html#the-details-element

suggest replacing this with:

"The user agent must allow the user to request that the details be shown or hidden"

or is there some reason why a user agent should not allow the user to request that the details be shown or hidden?
Comment 1 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-10-02 05:32:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> 
> or is there some reason why a user agent should not allow the user to request
> that the details be shown or hidden?

A non-interactive UA may want to show the content always displayed or always hidden.

A text-only UA may want to show the content always displayed even if it is interactive.
Comment 2 steve faulkner 2010-10-03 19:38:57 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > 
> > or is there some reason why a user agent should not allow the user to request
> > that the details be shown or hidden?
> 
> A non-interactive UA may want to show the content always displayed or always
> hidden.
> 
> A text-only UA may want to show the content always displayed even if it is
> interactive.

ok works for me.
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-10-05 23:39:22 UTC 
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:
   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: closed per comment 2
Comment 4 Martin Kliehm 2011-01-11 17:55:10 UTC 
Closing the bug as the reporter accepted WORKSFORME per comment #2