ISSUE-111: What does input.@required mean for @type = checkbox?

checkbox-required

What does input.@required mean for @type = checkbox?

State:

CLOSED

Product:

HTML 5 spec

Raised by:

Maciej Stachowiak

Opened on:

2010-04-28

Description:

Escalated from: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9160
Escalation requested by: Brenton Simpson

This discussion revolves around the meaning of @required on a checkbox group in
a survey. By definition. a radio group must have only one choice selected if
it is required. A checkbox group functions identically to a radio group, but
it can have multiple checked values. I contend that a checkbox group must have
at least one choice selected if it is required.

The spec currently dictates that @required directly relates to the checkbox it
is on, without consideration for others in the group - right now, any required
checkbox must be ticked. Consider the following example.

Choose all that apply:
- checkboxA
- checkboxB
- checkboxC

If any or each of these had the @required flag set under the proposed
amendment, one or more must be checked. Currently, any that is @required MUST
be checked.

This amendment has no affect on checkbox widgets with unique names. A checkbox
with a unique name and the @required flag set will have the same meaning
regardless of if the amendment is ratified.

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Related emails:

1. Re: ISSUE-111 (checkbox-required): Chairs Solicit Proposals (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2010-06-03)
2. [minutes] HTML WG 20100603 (from plh@w3.org on 2010-06-03)
3. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-06-03 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2010-06-02)
4. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-05-27 (from adrianba@microsoft.com on 2010-05-27)
5. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-05-27 (from faulkner.steve@gmail.com on 2010-05-27)
6. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-05-27 (from laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com on 2010-05-27)
7. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-05-27 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2010-05-26)
8. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-05-20: Surveys close, Publishing new Working Drafts (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-05-19)
9. [Bug 9160] input['type=checkbox'].checkValidity ought to work like the radio type, testing the whole checkbox group, not each checkbox individually (from bugzilla@jessica.w3.org on 2010-05-12)
10. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2010-04-29: Action items, new issues, Task Force reports - minutes of the meeting (from adrianba@microsoft.com on 2010-04-29)
11. ISSUE-111 (checkbox-required): Chairs Solicit Proposals (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-04-28)
12. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2010-04-29: Action items, new issues, Task Force reports (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-04-28)
13. ISSUE-111 (checkbox-required): What does input.@required mean for @type = checkbox? [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2010-04-28)

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