[thelist] Accessibility/usability of "Select Option" at top of list

Matt Warden mwarden at gmail.com
Mon Jan 15 11:10:13 CST 2007


On 1/15/07, Mark Howells <webdev at mountain.ch> wrote:
> > Whether the label for that invalid option is "Select Title" or just an
> > empty string is a minor detail.
>
> That all depends. Some browsers take the label instead automatically,
> if there's no value, so if you check server-side for an empty value,
> you may run into problems with these browsers.

Which browsers do this? I am not talking about omitting a value
attribute. I am talking about setting it to an empty string.

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Matt Warden
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