Detecting orphan attributes that should point to another element with an attribute of type ID

[darthcav]

Hi Michael,

It seems that the validator does not detect all the orphan attributes that should point to another element with an attribute of type ID.

For instance, this gist:

https://gist.github.com/cavweb20/d3d5b2e457bce4b603bd

does not throw any error.

We have compiled (@cleancoderocker) a list of the relevant HTML 5 attributes, in case it helps you:

https://github.com/webcc/wcag20/wiki/HTML5-attributes-pointing-to-elements-with-ID

[sideshowbarker]

Nice catch. Thanks for the bug report. I've checked in a fix and pushed it to http://validator.w3.org/nu/ Please test it and let me know if I missed anything.

[darthcav]

I tested it and it works. Thanks! Are you going to issue a new release?

[sideshowbarker]

I'll try to get a new release out this weekend but if it's not up yet by early next week, please remind me

[sideshowbarker]

I'll try to get a new release out this weekend but if it's not up yet by early next week, please remind me

…that said, if you really want/need a release sooner than that, let me know and I'll make some time to do it

[darthcav]

Thanks, Michael! The beginning of next week is okay for us. No need to push it :)

[darthcav]

Hi Michael, any news on this?

[sideshowbarker]

Hi @cavweb20. Sorry for the delay—I just now pushed a new release
https://github.com/validator/validator.github.io/releases/tag/20141006

Please try it an let me know if you have any problems.

[darthcav]

Thanks a lot Michael. We really appreciate it. Thank you for this excellent piece of software!