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Bug 22693 - option element with hidden attribute should not represent a suggestion.
Summary: option element with hidden attribute should not represent a suggestion.
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-07-16 11:39 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-07-16 17:46 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2013-07-16 11:39:50 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-button-element.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-datalist-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-datalist-element
Referrer: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-input-element-attributes.html

Comment:
option element with hidden attribute should not represent a suggestion.

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-07-16 17:46:40 UTC 
This would be inconsistent with how hidden="" works in <select>, no?
Is there a compelling use case that disabled="" doesn't handle?