Make 'required' and 'autofocus' attributes Boolean; add a syntax extension for parsing their usual HTML syntax

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/manual.tex b/doc/manual.tex
index 0550d081..5935ccbf 100644
--- a/doc/manual.tex
+++ b/doc/manual.tex
@@ -2348,13 +2348,15 @@ $$\begin{array}{rrcll}
   &&& \texttt{<}g\texttt{>}l^*\texttt{</}x\texttt{>} & \textrm{tag with children} \\
   &&& \{e\} & \textrm{computed XML fragment} \\
   &&& \{[e]\} & \textrm{injection of an Ur expression, via the $\mt{Top}.\mt{txt}$ function} \\
-  \textrm{Tag} & g &::=& h \; (x = v)^* \\
+  \textrm{Tag} & g &::=& h \; (x [= v])^* \\
   \textrm{Tag head} & h &::=& x & \textrm{tag name} \\
   &&& h\{c\} & \textrm{constructor parameter} \\
   \textrm{Attribute value} & v &::=& \ell & \textrm{literal value} \\
   &&& \{e\} & \textrm{computed value} \\
 \end{array}$$
 
+When the optional $= v$ is omitted in an XML attribute, the attribute is assigned value $\mt{True}$ in Ur/Web, and it is rendered to HTML merely as including the attribute name without a value.  If such a Boolean attribute is manually set to value $\mt{False}$, then it is omitted altogether in generating HTML.
+
 Further, there is a special convenience and compatibility form for setting CSS classes of tags.  If a \cd{class} attribute has a value that is a string literal, the literal is parsed in the usual HTML way and replaced with calls to appropriate Ur/Web combinators.  Any dashes in the text are replaced with underscores to determine Ur identifiers.  The same desugaring can be accessed in a normal expression context by calling the pseudo-function \cd{CLASS} on a string literal.
 
 Similar support is provided for \cd{style} attributes.  Normal CSS syntax may be used in string literals that are \cd{style} attribute values, and the desugaring may be accessed elsewhere with the pseudo-function \cd{STYLE}.