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Bug 11028 - please allow true/false (or some way to have a value but switch the attribute off). this has always been annoying.
Summary: please allow true/false (or some way to have a value but switch the attribute...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-10-13 16:46 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-04 05:14 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-10-13 16:46:30 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#boolean-attributes

Comment:
please allow true/false (or some way to have a value but switch the attribute
off). this has always been annoying.

Posted from: 89.16.226.107
Comment 1 Tab Atkins Jr. 2010-10-13 17:16:40 UTC 
The correct way to switch a boolean attribute off is to use removeAttribute.  Using "true"/"false" is impossible for the legacy boolean attributes (browsers have long ignored their actual value and only keyed off of their presence or absence), and using it for new boolean attributes only would be extremely confusing for little benefit.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-10-13 18:22:23 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: concurred with comment 1
Comment 3 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:14:06 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1