Re: [VE] [html5] spurious "must have child option" when all options in optgroups

On 16 Apr 2014, at 15:12, Philip Taylor wrote:

> Mr Geis, on the other hand, specifically cited the HTML 4.01
> specification, so a valid comparison would require an HTML 4.01
> compliant example with appropriate DOCTYPE.

The error message he quoted was

> Error [html5]: " A select element with a required attribute and 
> without a multiple attribute, and whose size is 1, must have a child 
> option element."

That indicates the validator was in HTML 5 mode, so whatever document 
triggered the error must have triggered HTML 5 mode.

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