[support] Re: [development] subscriptions

[Larry Garfield]

On Wed, April 5, 2006 8:33 am, Lists said:

> VJ, it sounds like you just want the _form item_ to be checked upon
> presentation of the form, and then the user will either "opt-out" or not.
>
> In that case, you can simply change the HTML that displays the form under
> consideration.  This would _visually_ make the box checked upon display,
> and
> if it remained checked, then it would be submitted as a subscription.
>
> The HTML <input> element for type 'checkbox' can take 'checked' value.
>
> Here is a comparison:
>
>
> Checkbox input type that is not checked:
>
>     <input name="someWidget" type="checkbox" value="Subscribe">
>
>
> Checkbox input type that is checked:
>
>     <input name="someWidget" type="checkbox" value="Subscribe" checked>

Untrue.  The correct syntax is as follows:

<input name="someWidget" type="checkbox" value="Subscribe"
checked="checked" />

The ending / is only necessary if you are trying for XHTML compliance. 
The checked="checked" business is to make the tag both HTML and XHTML
compliant, as value-less attributes don't exist in XML.  By default Drupal
outputs XHTML-compliant code.  You should follow suit.

Of course, in the vast majority of cases you won't be writing a checkbox
element yourself but calling the Drupal API for it, which will take care
of making it properly formed for you.  Drupal is nice like that. :-)

--Larry Garfield