[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 18358] New: Feature request / bug - change the way click on disabled option in selects work

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18358

           Summary: Feature request / bug - change the way click on disabled
                    option in selects work
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 525.x (Safari 3.1)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Forms
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: krudtaa at yahoo.com


Hi.

Current implementation of select lists in Safari can be improved a lot.

If you have a select with some option tags and some of the option tags are
DISABLED then when you click on a disabled option, then the last highlighted
option in the select will be selected.
This is very counter intuitive for end-user.

For normal users (non-developers) of a web-application, it might not be obvious
at first, that when an option is not getting highlighted when moving the mouse
pointer over the options in select, it means that it should not be clicked.

So the user might want to try clicking a disabled option.

If you do this in Firefox, then nothing happens and the select (dropdown list)
will stay open, with no change in what is selected in the list.

If you click on a disabled option in a select in Safari, then the last
highlighted option in the select will be selected and the dropdown list will
close. (when I say last highlighted option it will depend on from where you are
moving the mousepointer toward the disabled option.... if from above in the
dropdown, then the last highlighted option will be the last non-disabled option
above the disabled option in question, likewise for options below the disabled
option in question) 

I would like to see a select in safari work same way as in Firefox.
If this is implemented then it will be harder for an enduser to make 
a wrong selection.


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