keithamusMay 17, 2024

Opinion poll!

You have a <button>, it makes a <foo> open. What would be the best declarative attribute for the button to control the foo?

<button clickaction=open
17.1%
<button invokeaction=open
42.1%
<button command=open
26.3%
Other (comment ideas)
14.5%
Poll ended at .
Show threadSara Joy May 17, 2024
@keithamus I'm slightly confused by this - would there then be another attribute that gives the id of the <foo> element?
Show threadSara Joy 

@keithamus and can't we have the attribute be called `action` even if one already exists in <form>s?

So maybe like:

```
<button action="open" controls="my-dialog-id">Show options</button>
```

I guess for a dialog we might also have a "showModal" action available... 🤔

May 17, 2024 at 8:40pmWeb
Show threadkeithamusMay 17, 2024
@sarajw it might be confusing with forms, but if I'm happy to try if there's a strong desire from the community.
Show threadSara Joy May 17, 2024
@keithamus it just seems perfectly fitting to me. And I used "controls" because I was thinking of aria, but just target would be great.
Show threadLukeMay 17, 2024
@sarajw @keithamus So one thing to add is there's a 2nd type of 'thingy' which acts on interest (hover/focus/etc) rather than invoke(click), and the idea is they could be used at the same time. Not to say 'action' is bad but it's worth considering that bit too.
Show threadSara Joy May 17, 2024

@Lukew @keithamus interesting! Fair play, naming is hard and I'm an outsider just speaking my mind :)

I'm stoked for this though. Feels like how buttons *should* work. But if inline JavaScript was a security issue, how is this safer? Just a lot less flexible and more hardwired?

Show threadkeithamusMay 17, 2024
@sarajw @Lukew yes it's just passing string values around, so no JS executed from HTML. Of course you can add JS to read the string values.
Show threadLukeMay 17, 2024
@sarajw @keithamus Fwiw showModal is one of the proposed actions :)
Show threadSara Joy May 17, 2024
@Lukew @keithamus excellent, consider me fully on board, tell me where I can star/thumbs up/boost/comment to help it along, and I'm so there
Show threadkeithamusMay 17, 2024
@sarajw @Lukew by voting and replying to this you've already helped immensely! This is great feedback, thank you!
Show threadSara Joy May 17, 2024
@keithamus @Lukew then you're very welcome! I'm no authority but happy to help in any way