[thelist] ID vs name

[Vlad Alexander (XStandard)]

Hi BJ,

The "name" attribute is valid for form elements in XHTML like <input>, <select> and <textarea>. The "name" attribute has been removed for elements like <a>, <map> and <form>.

Regards,
-Vlad
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BJ wrote:
> In the xhtml specification "ID" is used where "name" used to be.  Okay.  
> But what happens if you're integrating someone else's form code snippets 
> into a site, and they use "name" to specify the attribute?  An example 
> is the paypal "shopping cart" or "buy it now" code.  If I use "name" my 
> pages won't validate.  But if I change "name" to "ID" what happens on 
> the other end?  Can I assume they're going to process either attribute 
> the same way? or not?  There are other examples of this, like the cartit 
> shopping cart script, but at least with that one I can look in the code 
> and maybe understand what it's doing there, since that's something I 
> install on the server I'm using.
> 
> Of course, I have a feeling I know what the answer is, and I hate to 
> think I'm going to have to go back to writing to html 4.0 spec on pages 
> where this happens . . .
> 
> bj
>