mattwilcox, 7 months ago

@pablolarah IS there a reason to prefer this over optgroup - which allows labels of the sub-divisions? @Una @Una

pablolarah, 7 months ago

@mattwilcox I think in cases where you do not need labels (or you don't have them) and it exists on html a long ago. Also the CSS posibilities.
Differences:

optgroup:
Permitted parents
A <select> element.
Implicit ARIA role
group
Permitted ARIA roles
No role permitted

hr:
Permitted parents
Any element that accepts flow content.
Implicit ARIA role separator
Permitted ARIA roles presentation or none

mattwilcox, 7 months ago

@pablolarah Hmmm, maybe. My concern with the new stuff is that it'll lead to people grouping options purely visually. I can't think of a valid reason why you'd want to separate options other than because they belong in groups.

pablolarah, 7 months ago

@mattwilcox Yes, I see.