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This was was cloned from bug 14379 as part of operation convergence. Originally filed: 2011-10-04 16:11:00 +0000 Original reporter: Rich Clark <hello@richclarkdesign.com> ================================================================================ #0 Rich Clark 2011-10-04 16:11:09 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've seen several examples of the output element being used in conjunction with an input (e.g. type=range) to show the current value of the input. An example can be seen here - http://jsfiddle.net/robertc/YCEKQ/ This seems a worthwhile use case in order to provide feedback for a user when they are using a range input type where the current value isn't visible. Currently the spec describes output as being "the result of a calculation." http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-button-element.html#the-output-element Moving a slider (type=range) isn't calculating anything, it's simply displaying the current value. Therefore I feel the definition needs amending. I suggest widening the definition to something like: "the result of a calculation or user action on an input element." I briefly brought this up on IRC for reference. http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20111004#l-524 ================================================================================
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