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Bug 13615 - We should include an example that shows that the "open" content attribute reflects the state of the details element. Most attributes don't work like this, so it's not immediately clear that you can use "details[open]" for this.
Summary: We should include an example that shows that the "open" content attribute ref...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-08-03 17:06 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-15 21:47 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-08-03 17:06:42 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/interactive-elements.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-details-element
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-details-element

Comment:
We should include an example that shows that the "open" content attribute
reflects the state of the details element.  Most attributes don't work like
this, so it's not immediately clear that you can use "details[open]" for this.

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Comment 1 Tab Atkins Jr. 2011-08-03 17:10:07 UTC 
For example, the checkedness of a checkbox can't be selected by "input[checked]", so the fact that this works for details is non-obvious unless you read the spec carefully.
Comment 2 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:14:24 UTC 
mass-move component to LC1
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-15 21:45:53 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Comment 4 contributor 2011-08-15 21:47:00 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6464.
Check-in comment: Example of <details> with CSS.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6463&to=6464