39611 - setAttribute and getAttribute fail on OPTION element text

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect, P3)

Description

[Taras Tielkes]

1. create a new OPTION element.
2. set text attribute using setAttribute(key,val).
3. add this new OPTION to a SELECT element.

RESULT: empty option (the "text" doesn't show).
Attached example works in IE5 (par HtmlSelectElement::add parameter diffrence)

Comment 1

[Taras Tielkes]

Attachment: Testcase: setting OPTION text by setAttribute() fails

Comment 2

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

Nominating for beta2, I'll have a look.

Comment 3

[rickg]

This is needed for beta2, and should be pretty easy; giving PDT approval.

Comment 4

[vidur (gone)]

Well...this isn't quite right - "text" is not an attribute of the HTML OPTION 
element. The readonly text property listed in the HTMLOptionElement interface is 
just a convenience for getting the option text contents. The core methods 
get/setAttribute() are used specificaly to set element attributes. 
Unfortunately, there isn't an existing convenience property for setting the text 
contents (we should consider adding one). For the time being, your only option 
is to get the child Text node and modify its data.

Comment 5

[Jan Carpenter]

Mass update of qa contact

Comment 6

[Prashant Desale]

QA contact Update

Comment 7

[Fabian Guisset]

VERIFIED invalid