Re: lynx-dev lynx checks a radio button by default

[Hugo Haas]

On Fri, Jun 23, 2000, address@hidden wrote:
> >From an HI perspective, one of a set of radio buttons *HAS* to be set.
> 
> Now this may disagree with the HTML standards, and if so, it must be
> fixed.  Otherwise, setting the first one makes sense if none of the others
> in the same group are set.
> 
> In other words, unless it conflicts with the letter of the law in the 
> standards, I'd say Lynx is doing the right thing and the other browsers
> aren't.

Hmmm... actually, that's a good point. The HTML 4.01 specification
says[1]:

     At all times, exactly one of the radio buttons in a set is checked.
     If none of the <INPUT> elements of a set of radio buttons specifies
     `CHECKED', then the user agent must check the first radio button of
     the set initially.
            
Next time I'll read the spec before reporting a bug. :-)

  1. http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#h-17.2.1

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