[thelist] Netscape 6.1, radiobuttons, and DTD
lon.kraemer
lwkraemer at directvinternet.com
Fri Mar 1 12:34:01 CST 2002
James,
Well, this certainly is a twist... a 'hack' (if you will) to circumvent a
flawed (IMHO) 'standard'! And we wonder why there's no such thing as 'a
fully standards compliant browser'?
> If you want to code to the RFC but don't want to offer the user a
> prejudicial or possibly confusing default selection, you can easily use
CSS
> to do this, e.g.:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Hide the Default Radio Value</title>
> <style type="text/css">
> .default {
> display: none ;
> }
> </style>
> </head>
> <body>
> <form>
> <input type="radio" name="Radio1" value=""
> class="default" checked="checked"><br class="default">
> <input type="radio" name="Radio1" value="1">One<br>
> <input type="radio" name="Radio1" value="2">Two<br>
> <input type="radio" name="Radio1" value="3">Three<br>
> <input type="submit">
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> So, the first radio element contains the "checked" attribute,
providing
> a default value (an empty string in this case) for the group. Most UAs,
> which support CSS, will hide both the initial radio element as well as the
> following <br> element. Obviously, this is a very rudimentary example that
> could be modified and improved.
>
> James Aylard
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Lon Kraemer
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