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Apparently Chosen takes the placeholder text from the select element's 'title' attribute; does it also support the official HTML5 syntax[1] for placeholder attr

Apparently Chosen takes the placeholder text from the select element's 'title' attribute; does it also support the official HTML5 syntax[1] for placeholder attributes in select elements? How about integration with jQueryUI's theming system? [1]: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-button-element.html#placeholder-label-option http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/...

philfreo 15y ago
It'd be better if it looked for the HTML5 "placeholder" attribute even in older browsers rather than having to use "title" also. Some JS plugins [1] do this to replicate placeholder support in older browsers and I don't think there's any downside. [1] https://github.com/mathiasbynens/Placeholder-jQuery-Plugin https://github.com/mathiasbynens/Placeholder-jQuery-Plugin
- thristian 15y ago
  The trouble is that no version of HTML (currently) allows a "placeholder" attribute on a select element, even HTML5. If you want your pages to validate, @placeholder won't do the trick.
  - philfreo 15y ago
    Ah gotcha, wasn't thinking about <select>s. Makes sense.
edoloughlin 15y ago
does it also support the official HTML5 syntax[1] for placeholder attributes in select elements? I'd be impressed if it does. I can't parse that sentence in the spec.
- thristian 15y ago
  The markup it describes is basically: <select required> <option value="">Placeholder Text Here</option> <option value="1">first real option</option> </select> The rest of the text basically says that select elements that are not required don't have placeholder text; that select elements that allow multiple selections don't have placeholder text; multi-line select elements don't have placeholder text, and that if the first option is inside an optgroup element, it doesn't count as placeholder text.

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Apparently Chosen takes the placeholder text from the select element's 'title' attribute; does it also support the official HTML5 syntax[1] for placeholder attr

by thristian 15y ago

philfreo 15y ago
It'd be better if it looked for the HTML5 "placeholder" attribute even in older browsers rather than having to use "title" also. Some JS plugins [1] do this to replicate placeholder support in older browsers and I don't think there's any downside. [1] https://github.com/mathiasbynens/Placeholder-jQuery-Plugin https://github.com/mathiasbynens/Placeholder-jQuery-Plugin
- thristian 15y ago
  The trouble is that no version of HTML (currently) allows a "placeholder" attribute on a select element, even HTML5. If you want your pages to validate, @placeholder won't do the trick.
  - philfreo 15y ago
    Ah gotcha, wasn't thinking about <select>s. Makes sense.
edoloughlin 15y ago
does it also support the official HTML5 syntax[1] for placeholder attributes in select elements? I'd be impressed if it does. I can't parse that sentence in the spec.
- thristian 15y ago
  The markup it describes is basically: <select required> <option value="">Placeholder Text Here</option> <option value="1">first real option</option> </select> The rest of the text basically says that select elements that are not required don't have placeholder text; that select elements that allow multiple selections don't have placeholder text; multi-line select elements don't have placeholder text, and that if the first option is inside an optgroup element, it doesn't count as placeholder text.