150582 - OPTION selected attribute is ignored

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 46845

(Core :: Layout: Form Controls, defect)

Description

[david glance]

From the spec:

"OPTION Attribute definitions

selected [CI]
When set, this boolean attribute specifies that this option is pre-selected."

In my own words:

selected is supposed to result in the option with the attribute being selected -
this only occurs on the first time the page is accessed. On refresh, the option
selected is the last one selected before the selected.

Steps to repro:

Using the form below, display an html page. Verify that "Lab 1" is selected.
Select "Lab 3" - refresh the page - "Lab 1" should now be selected - instead,
"Lab 3" is still selected.

<form>
<select NAME="select1" ID="select1"  >
   <option selected label="nLab 1" value="Lab 1">Lab 1 </option>
   <option  label="nLab 2" value="Lab 2">Lab 2 </option>
   <option  label="nLab 3" value="Lab 3">Lab 3 </option>
<input TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Go" >
</form>

Comment 1

[Dave]

This sounds like correct behavior.  The option with the SELECTED attribute will
be selected when the page is loaded initially, but form values are supposed to
be  remembered on Back/Forward/Reload; it's a feature.  If you wish to "forget"
the values, use Shift+Reload instead of standard reload.  If this behavior is
not documented, I guess that would be a sort of bug, but I have a feeling it is
(can't find it myself, though...).

Comment 2

[Sebastian Biallas]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 46845 ***