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[css-display] <legend> with no box #1584
Description
In Box Generation, the spec says that none and contents cannot affect
whether a
<legend>is the name of a<fieldset>.
But in Appendix B,
Per HTML, a
<legend>withdisplay: contentsis not a rendered legend, so it does not have magical display behavior. (Thus, it reacts todisplay: contentsnormally.)
Not sure what exactly the first quote means with "name of a fieldset", my guess is that it refers to the rendered legend, but that contradicts the 2nd quote. If it means something else, please clarify.
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tabatkins commentedon Jul 6, 2017
The "name of a fieldset" is a semantic concept in HTML. It has nothing to do with how the legend displays. It's like how
thelements still label a table row/column even if they're styled the same astds.tabatkins commentedon Jul 6, 2017
The quoted phrase is also at the end of a longer paragraph listing other similar examples, which starts with an explicit explanation of what the examples are about:
Loirooriol commentedon Jul 6, 2017
Then a link to that "name of a fieldset" concept would be useful. I have no idea about what that is, fieldsets have a
nameattribute but that has no relation with legends.[css-display-3] Try to unconfuse name of a fieldset by using more exp…
fantasai commentedon May 23, 2018
Alright, checked in some changes to be a little more explanatory rather than hooking into a somewhat indeterminate term in the HTML spec. Also filed whatwg/html#3702 to get a bit more clarity on the HTML side.
fantasai commentedon May 23, 2018
@Loirooriol Let me know if that adequately addresses your concerns?
Loirooriol commentedon May 23, 2018
I think it's still easy to confuse "<{legend}> labeling <{fieldset}> contents" with "rendered legend". But I guess this is a HTML problem more than a CSS one, so it's OK.