Bug 214 – Allow <textarea> to bail out of <select> for compatibility with legacy content. (webkit bug 17421)

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Bug 214 - Allow <textarea> to bail out of <select> for compatibility with legacy content. (webkit bug 17421)


Summary:	Allow <textarea> to bail out of <select> for compatibility with legacy conten...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	HTML parser
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Henri Sivonen

URL:	http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps/source?...

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Reported:	2008-05-25 21:06 CEST by Henri Sivonen
Modified:	2008-05-28 14:42 CEST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Henri Sivonen 2008-05-25 21:06:46 CEST

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--- source	(revision 1698)
+++ source	(revision 1699)
@@ -44929,7 +44929,7 @@
 
    </dd>
 
-   <dt>A start tag whose tag name is "input"</dt>
+   <dt>A start tag whose tag name is one of: "input", "textarea"</dt>
    <dd>
     <p><span>Parse error</span>. Act as if an end tag with the tag
     name "select" had been seen, and reprocess the token.</p>
@@ -46444,9 +46444,9 @@
   Peter Kasting, Philip Taylor, Philip TAYLOR<!-- a different one -->,
   Rachid Finge, Rajas Moonka, Ralf Stoltze, Ralph Giles, Raphael
   Champeimont, Rene Saarsoo, Richard Ishida, Rimantas Liubertas,
-  Robert O'Callahan, Robert Sayre, Roman Ivanov, S. Mike Dierken, Sam
-  Ruby, Sam Weinig, Scott Hess, Sean Knapp, Shaun Inman, Silvia
-  Pfeiffer, Simon Pieters, Stefan Haustein, Stephen Ma, Steve
+  Robert Blaut, Robert O'Callahan, Robert Sayre, Roman Ivanov, S. Mike
+  Dierken, Sam Ruby, Sam Weinig, Scott Hess, Sean Knapp, Shaun Inman,
+  Silvia Pfeiffer, Simon Pieters, Stefan Haustein, Stephen Ma, Steve
   Faulkner, Steve Runyon, Steven Garrity, Stewart Brodie, Stuart
   Parmenter, Sunava Dutta, Tantek &Ccedil;elik, Terrence Wood, Thomas
   Broyer, Thomas O'Connor, Tim Altman, Tim Johansson, Tyler Close,