Expected results: options D and F should be not focusable and not selectable.
Example taken from the excellent testcase: Robin Lionheart HTML 4 Conformance test: Forms
Disabled
controls do not receive focus; disabled controls are skipped in tabbing
navigation; disabled controls cannot be successful.
coming from HTML 4.01,
section 17.12.1 Disabled controls
if an
optgroup is disabled, [then] all option children are disabled too
, from
Vincent Ricard in KDE
bug report 76489
Internet Explorer 8 final release, Firefox 3.0.11, Opera 9.64 and Safari 4.0 pass this test.
Related bug: KDE Bug Tracking System bug report 76489: OPTION element can not be disabled
This bug has been reported at KDE Bug Tracking System as bug 197452.