Bug 864 – Spurious error message "area tag needs href attribute"

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Bug 864 - Spurious error message "area tag needs href attribute"


Summary:	Spurious error message "area tag needs href attribute"

Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	HTML5 schema
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

URL:	http://wilson.homeunix.com/area_valid...

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Reported:	2011-10-15 09:24 CEST by Torsten Bronger
Modified:	2011-10-15 12:44 CEST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Torsten Bronger 2011-10-15 09:24:30 CEST

If checking HTML5 with <area> tag without href attribute, the validator complains "XHTML element area is missing required attribute href".  However, http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-hyperlink-href states that the attribute is optional.

Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-10-15 12:44:23 CEST

Do your area element also have an alt attribute? If it does, then it also must have an href attribute.

See the part of the spec where it says, "If the area element has no href attribute, then the area represented by the element cannot be selected, and the alt attribute must be omitted."

http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-map-element.html#attr-area-alt

If your area element does not have an alt attribute and the validator is still reporting it as invalid, then please reopen this bug and provide a test case.