Closed
Bug 144363
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
checkbox and radio style
Categories
(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect)
Core
Layout: Form Controls
Tracking
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RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: micval, Assigned: rods)
References
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Details
Since 1.0-rc1 checkbox and radio buttons have had problem with border-style. The specified style is used only when element has focus, otherwise it is displayed with default border-style. Other attributes (border-color, background-color..) seem to act consistenly.
Comment 1•22 years ago
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See discussions in bug 106317 and bug 134927
->HTML Form Controls
Assignee: dbaron → rods
Component: Style System → HTML Form Controls
QA Contact: ian → tpreston
Comment 3•22 years ago
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This was done on purpose, since some border-styles (eg "none") make checkboxes and radio buttons invisible and are somewhat commonly used out there.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Linux → All
Hardware: PC → All
Allowing authors to change the border style also interferes with keyboard navigation. Checkbox focus is conveyed through border style, and if this border style remains constant because an author did not specify a different :focus rule, there is no way to tell whether or not the checkbox has focus. marking WONTFIX.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
(In reply to comment #4) > Allowing authors to change the border style also interferes with keyboard > navigation. Checkbox focus is conveyed through border style, and if this border > style remains constant because an author did not specify a different :focus > rule, there is no way to tell whether or not the checkbox has focus. > > marking WONTFIX. But why do you believe that you should make that decision for the authors of the webpages? Why not let them determine what is necessary to get correct focus behavior etc, instead of enforcing those annoying borders on everyone? If someone develops somehting unusable, he will fix it, or the users will complain or go away. IMHO, that is just not something that the browser should be concerned with at all.
Comment 6•19 years ago
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> If someone develops somehting unusable, he will fix it
A number of very very popular sites were unusable if we allowed border styling. Shipping that way was simply unacceptable -- users would assume the browser is buggy, not the site, and simply not use the browser.
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