[pmwiki-users] editform questions

Bronwyn Boltwood bronwyn at bronwynb.info
Wed Feb 22 15:24:56 CST 2006


On 2/22/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 12:24:08PM -0700, H. Fox wrote:
> > Is there a reason the buttons and text input areas don't get class
> > attributes automatically (per PmWiki Philosophy #1)?
>
> Somehow I have a philosophical aversion (bordering on disgust)
> to the idea that every HTML element needs have a class attribute
> in it as well.  It just feels very wrong to me -- somehow
> I don't feel like I should *have* to say that <input type='text' ...>
> is an "inputbox".  To me it's like saying <pre class='pre'>
> or <p class="paragraph">.

You wouldn't have to if most browsers supported CSS attribute selectors?

Bronwyn




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