[Html-widget] Fwd: [rt.cpan.org #20313] embed() discards top level controls

Mon Jul 10 18:55:17 CEST 2006

A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Ash Berlin <ash at cpan.org> [2006-07-07 00:55]:
>   
>> it is by design, since the HTML standard says the only thing a
>> form can contain is block level elements (div or fieldset
>> mainly) so where would you put them? In another field set?
>> Before embedded? After? etc. etc.
>>     
>
> Inside the fieldset, where else? Fieldsets can be nested. Bung
> this into the validator for a demonstration:
>
>     <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
>      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
>     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>      <head>
>       <title>x</title>
>      </head>
>      <body>
>       <form action="x">
>        <fieldset>
>          <input name="x"/>
>          <fieldset>
>           <input name="y"/>
>          </fieldset>
>        </fieldset>
>       </form>
>      </body>
>     </html>
>
> Regards,
>   
Yes field sets can be nested. While this is possible, the current 
implementation doesn't allow deeply nested widgets - it currently only 
nests one level deep. Before we change this behavior we'd need 
discussion from other users and developers (Carl or Sri - any thoughts?)

At the very least, do you fancy putting together a test (patch or new 
file more likely) for this format?

Thanks
Ash