Annotation of html5/spec/common-input-element-attributes.html, revision 1.190
1.154 mike 1: <!DOCTYPE html>
1.162 mike 2: <html lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><head><title>4.10.7.3 Common input element attributes — HTML5</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="alert.css"><style type="text/css">
1.1 mike 3: pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
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1.52 mike 21: i, em { font-style: italic; }
1.1 mike 22: dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
23: pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
24: pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
25: pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
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27: var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
28: table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
29: table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
30: table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
31: table tbody th { text-align: left; }
32: table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
33: blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
34:
35: .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
36: .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
37: .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
38: .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
39: .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
40: .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
41:
42: .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
1.56 mike 43: img.extra, p.overview { float: right; }
1.55 mike 44: pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; position: relative; }
1.1 mike 45: pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
1.55 mike 46: pre.idl::before { content: "IDL"; font: bold small sans-serif; padding: 0.5em; background: white; position: absolute; top: 0; margin: -1px 0 0 -4em; width: 1.5em; border: thin solid; border-radius: 0 0 0 0.5em }
1.1 mike 47: pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
48: pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
49: dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
50: hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
51: dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
52: dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
53: dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
1.63 mike 54: dl.domintro:before { display: table; margin: -1em -0.5em -0.5em auto; width: auto; content: 'This box is non-normative. Implementation requirements are given below this box.'; color: black; font-style: italic; border: solid 2px; background: white; padding: 0 0.25em; }
1.1 mike 55: dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
56: dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
57: dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
58: dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
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60: dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
61: dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
62: .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
63: .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
64: a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
65:
66: h2 { page-break-before: always; }
67: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
68: h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
69:
1.20 mike 70: p > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
71: li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]), { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
1.1 mike 72:
73: div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
74: div.head p { margin: 0; }
75: div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
76: div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
77: div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
78: div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
79: div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
80:
81: body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
82: body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
83: body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
84: body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
85: .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
86:
87: .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
88: .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
89: .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
90:
91: .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
92: .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
93: .category-list li { display: inline; }
94: .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
95: .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
96: .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't affect <code> nested in <a> */
97:
98: .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
99: .XXX > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
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105: .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
106: .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
107: .warning { color: red; background: transparent; }
108: .note, .warning { font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
1.52 mike 109: .note em, .warning em, .note i, .warning i { font-style: normal; }
1.1 mike 110: p.note, div.note { padding: 0.5em 2em; }
111: span.note { padding: 0 2em; }
112: .note p:first-child, .warning p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
113: .note p:last-child, .warning p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
114: .warning:before { font-style: normal; }
115: p.note:before { content: 'Note: '; }
116: p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
117:
118: .bookkeeping:before { display: block; content: 'Bookkeeping details'; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
119: .bookkeeping { font-size: 0.8em; margin: 2em 0; }
120: .bookkeeping p { margin: 0.5em 2em; display: list-item; list-style: square; }
1.10 mike 121: .bookkeeping dt { margin: 0.5em 2em 0; }
122: .bookkeeping dd { margin: 0 3em 0.5em; }
1.1 mike 123:
124: h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
125: h4 + .element, h4 + div + .element { margin-top: -2.5em; padding-top: 2em; }
126: .element {
127: background: #EEEEFF;
128: color: black;
129: margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
130: padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
131: border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
132: position: relative;
133: z-index: 1;
134: }
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136: position: absolute;
137: z-index: 2;
138: top: 0;
139: left: -1.15em;
140: height: 2em;
141: width: 0.9em;
142: background: #EEEEFF;
143: content: ' ';
144: border-style: none none solid solid;
145: border-color: #9999FF;
146: border-width: 0.25em;
147: }
148:
149: .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
150: td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
151:
152: ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
153: ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
154: ul.domTree li li { list-style: none; }
155: ul.domTree li:first-child::before { position: absolute; top: 0; height: 0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
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157: ul.domTree span { font-style: italic; font-family: serif; }
158: ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
159: ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
160: ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
161: ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
162: ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
163: ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
164: ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
165:
166: body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
167: .dfnPanel {
168: display: inline;
169: position: absolute;
170: z-index: 10;
171: height: auto;
172: width: auto;
173: padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
174: font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
175: background: #DDDDDD;
176: color: black;
177: border: outset 0.2em;
178: }
179: .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
180: .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
181: .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
182: .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
183: .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
184:
185: #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
186: #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
187: #configUI p label { display: block; }
188: #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
189: #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
1.8 mike 190:
1.24 mike 191: fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
192: fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
1.19 mike 193: fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
1.24 mike 194: fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
195:
1.180 mike 196: </style><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><meta content="noindex" name="robots"><style type="text/css">
1.1 mike 197:
198: .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
199: .applies thead code { display: block; }
200: .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
201: .applies td { text-align: center; }
202: .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
203:
1.11 mike 204: .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
1.1 mike 205: .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
206:
207: .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
208: .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
209: .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
210:
1.16 mike 211: td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
212:
1.1 mike 213: #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
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215: #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
216: #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
217: #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
218: #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
219: #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
220: #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
221: #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
222: #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
223: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
224: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
225: #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
226: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
227: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
228: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
229:
230: .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
231: .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
232: .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
233: .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
234: .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
235: .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
236: .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
237: .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
238: .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
239: .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
240: .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
241: .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
242:
243: .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
244:
1.32 mike 245: #base64-table {
246: white-space: nowrap;
247: font-size: 0.6em;
248: column-width: 6em;
249: column-count: 5;
250: column-gap: 1em;
251: -moz-column-width: 6em;
252: -moz-column-count: 5;
253: -moz-column-gap: 1em;
254: -webkit-column-width: 6em;
255: -webkit-column-count: 5;
256: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
257: }
258: #base64-table thead { display: none; }
259: #base64-table * { border: none; }
260: #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
261: #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
262:
1.1 mike 263: #named-character-references-table {
1.18 mike 264: white-space: nowrap;
1.1 mike 265: font-size: 0.6em;
1.18 mike 266: column-width: 30em;
1.1 mike 267: column-gap: 1em;
1.18 mike 268: -moz-column-width: 30em;
1.1 mike 269: -moz-column-gap: 1em;
1.18 mike 270: -webkit-column-width: 30em;
1.1 mike 271: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
272: }
1.18 mike 273: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
1.1 mike 274: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
275: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
1.18 mike 276: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
1.1 mike 277:
1.2 mike 278: .glyph.control { color: red; }
279:
1.4 mike 280: @font-face {
281: font-family: 'Essays1743';
282: src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
283: }
284: @font-face {
285: font-family: 'Essays1743';
286: font-weight: bold;
287: src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
288: }
289: @font-face {
290: font-family: 'Essays1743';
291: font-style: italic;
292: src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
293: }
294: @font-face {
295: font-family: 'Essays1743';
296: font-style: italic;
297: font-weight: bold;
298: src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
299: }
300:
1.47 mike 301: </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D%0Ahtml%20%7B%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><script type="text/javascript">
1.38 mike 302: function getCookie(name) {
303: var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
304: for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
305: if (params[index] == name)
306: return "1";
307: var data = params[index].split("=");
308: if (data[0] == name)
309: return unescape(data[1]);
310: }
311: var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
312: for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
313: var data = cookies[index].split("=");
314: if (data[0] == name)
315: return unescape(data[1]);
316: }
317: return null;
318: }
1.162 mike 319: </script>
1.1 mike 320: <script src="link-fixup.js"></script>
1.74 mike 321: <link href="states-of-the-type-attribute.html" title="4.10.7.1 States of the type attribute" rel="prev">
1.67 mike 322: <link href="index.html#contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">
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1.88 mike 324: </head><body onload="fixBrokenLink();" class="split chapter"><div class="head" id="head">
1.1 mike 325: <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
1.3 mike 326:
1.1 mike 327: <h1>HTML5</h1>
1.190 ! mike 328: <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2><p>This is revision 1.5650.</p>
1.67 mike 329:
1.188 mike 330: <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-7-may-2012">Editor's Draft 7 May 2012</h2>
1.151 mike 331: </div>
332:
333: <nav class="prev_next">
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1.99 mike 336: <a href="common-input-element-apis.html">4.10.7.4 Common input element APIs →</a>
337: <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><ol><li><ol><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#common-input-element-attributes"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3 </span>Common <code>input</code> element attributes</a>
338: <ol><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-autocomplete-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.1 </span>The <code title="attr-input-autocomplete">autocomplete</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-dirname-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.2 </span>The <code title="attr-input-dirname">dirname</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-list-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.3 </span>The <code title="attr-input-list">list</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-readonly-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.4 </span>The <code title="attr-input-readonly">readonly</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-size-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.5 </span>The <code title="attr-input-size">size</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-required-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.6 </span>The <code title="attr-input-required">required</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-multiple-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.7 </span>The <code title="attr-input-multiple">multiple</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-maxlength-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.8 </span>The <code title="attr-input-maxlength">maxlength</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-pattern-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.9 </span>The <code title="attr-input-pattern">pattern</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-min-and-max-attributes"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.10 </span>The <code title="attr-input-min">min</code> and <code title="attr-input-max">max</code> attributes</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-step-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.11 </span>The <code title="attr-input-step">step</code> attribute</a></li><li><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#the-placeholder-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.12 </span>The <code title="attr-input-placeholder">placeholder</code> attribute</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></nav>
1.1 mike 339:
1.151 mike 340: <h5 id="common-input-element-attributes"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3 </span>Common <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element attributes</h5>
341:
342: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 343:
344: <p>These attributes only apply to an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element if
345: its <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute is in a
346: state whose definition declares that the attribute applies. When an
1.85 mike 347: attribute <dfn id="do-not-apply" title="do not apply">doesn't apply</dfn> to an
348: <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element, user agents must <a href="infrastructure.html#ignore">ignore</a> the
349: attribute, regardless of the requirements and definitions
350: below.</p>
1.1 mike 351:
1.151 mike 352: </div>
353:
354:
355: <h6 id="the-autocomplete-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.1 </span>The <code title="attr-input-autocomplete"><a href="#attr-input-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code> attribute</h6>
356:
357: <p>User agents sometimes have features for helping users fill forms
1.1 mike 358: in, for example prefilling the user's address based on earlier user
1.151 mike 359: input.</p>
360:
361: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-autocomplete" title="attr-input-autocomplete"><code>autocomplete</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 362: attribute is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute">enumerated attribute</a>. The attribute has
363: three states. The <code title="attr-input-autocomplete-on">on</code>
364: keyword maps to the <dfn id="attr-input-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-on-state">on</dfn> state, and the
365: <code title="attr-input-autocomplete-off">off</code> keyword maps to
366: the <dfn id="attr-input-autocomplete-off-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-off-state">off</dfn>
367: state. The attribute may also be omitted. The <i>missing value
368: default</i> is the <dfn id="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state">default</dfn>
1.151 mike 369: state.</p>
370:
371: <p>The <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-off-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-off-state">off</a>
1.1 mike 372: state indicates either that the control's input data is particularly
373: sensitive (for example the activation code for a nuclear weapon); or
374: that it is a value that will never be reused (for example a
375: one-time-key for a bank login) and the user will therefore have to
376: explicitly enter the data each time, instead of being able to rely
377: on the UA to prefill the value for him; or that the document
378: provides its own autocomplete mechanism and does not want the user
1.151 mike 379: agent to provide autocompletion values.</p>
380:
381: <p>Conversely, the <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-on-state">on</a> state indicates
1.1 mike 382: that the value is not particularly sensitive and the user can expect
383: to be able to rely on his user agent to remember values he has
1.151 mike 384: entered for that control.</p>
385:
386: <p>The <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state">default</a> state
1.67 mike 387: indicates that the user agent is to use the <code title="attr-form-autocomplete"><a href="the-form-element.html#attr-form-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code> attribute on the
388: element's <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner">form owner</a> instead. (By default, the <code title="attr-form-autocomplete"><a href="the-form-element.html#attr-form-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code> attribute of
1.151 mike 389: <code><a href="the-form-element.html#the-form-element">form</a></code> elements is in the <a href="the-form-element.html#attr-form-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-form-autocomplete-on-state">on</a> state.)</p>
390:
391: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 392:
393: <p>Each <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element has a <dfn id="resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting
394: autocompletion state</dfn>, which is either <i title="">on</i> or <i title="">off</i>.</p>
395:
396: <p>When an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element is in one of the following
397: conditions, the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting
398: autocompletion state</a> is <i title="">on</i>; otherwise, the
399: <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting autocompletion
400: state</a> is <i title="">off</i>:</p>
401:
402: <ul class="brief"><li>Its <code title="attr-input-autocomplete"><a href="#attr-input-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code>
403: attribute is in the <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-on-state">on</a> state.</li>
404:
405: <li>Its <code title="attr-input-autocomplete"><a href="#attr-input-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code>
406: attribute is in the <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state">default</a> state,
407: and the element has no <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner">form owner</a>.</li>
408:
409: <li>Its <code title="attr-input-autocomplete"><a href="#attr-input-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code>
410: attribute is in the <a href="#attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" title="attr-input-autocomplete-default-state">default</a> state,
1.67 mike 411: and the element's <a href="association-of-controls-and-forms.html#form-owner">form owner</a>'s <code title="attr-form-autocomplete"><a href="the-form-element.html#attr-form-autocomplete">autocomplete</a></code> attribute is in
412: the <a href="the-form-element.html#attr-form-autocomplete-on-state" title="attr-form-autocomplete-on-state">on</a>
1.1 mike 413: state.</li>
414:
415: </ul><p>When an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting
416: autocompletion state</a> is <i title="">on</i>, the user agent
417: may store the value entered by the user so that if the user returns
418: to the page, the UA can prefill the form. Otherwise, the user agent
1.67 mike 419: should not remember the control's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, and should not offer past
1.1 mike 420: values to the user.</p>
421:
422: <p>In addition, if the <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting autocompletion state</a>
423: is <i title="">off</i>, <a href="history.html#history-autocomplete">values are
424: reset</a> when <a href="history.html#traverse-the-history" title="traverse the history">traversing the
425: history</a>.</p>
426:
427: <p>The autocompletion mechanism must be implemented by the user
1.67 mike 428: agent acting as if the user had modified the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, and must be done at a time
1.1 mike 429: where the element is <i title="concept-input-mutable"><a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-mutable">mutable</a></i>
430: (e.g. just after the element has been inserted into the document, or
1.58 mike 431: when the user agent <a href="the-end.html#stop-parsing" title="stop parsing">stops
1.1 mike 432: parsing</a>).</p>
433:
1.151 mike 434: </div>
435:
436: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 437:
438: <p>Banks frequently do not want UAs to prefill login
439: information:</p>
440:
441: <pre><p><label>Account: <input type="text" name="ac" autocomplete="off"></label></p>
442: <p><label>PIN: <input type="password" name="pin" autocomplete="off"></label></p></pre>
443:
1.151 mike 444: </div>
445:
446: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 447:
448: <p>A user agent may allow the user to override the <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting
449: autocompletion state</a> and set it to always <i title="">on</i>,
1.60 mike 450: always allowing values to be remembered and prefilled, or always <i title="">off</i>, never remembering values. However, user agents
451: should not allow users to trivially override the <a href="#resulting-autocompletion-state">resulting
452: autocompletion state</a> to <i title="">on</i>, as there are
1.1 mike 453: significant security implications for the user if all values are
454: always remembered, regardless of the site's preferences.</p>
455:
1.151 mike 456: </div>
457:
458:
459: <h6 id="the-dirname-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.2 </span>The <code title="attr-input-dirname"><a href="#attr-input-dirname">dirname</a></code> attribute</h6>
460:
461: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-dirname" title="attr-input-dirname"><code>dirname</code></dfn>
462: attribute, when it applies, is a <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#form-control-dirname-attribute">form control <code title="">dirname</code> attribute</a>.</p>
463:
464: <div class="example">
1.25 mike 465:
466: <p>In this example, a form contains a text field and a submission
467: button:</p>
468:
469: <pre><form action="addcomment.cgi" method=post>
470: <p><label>Comment: <input type=text name="comment" dirname="comment.dir" required></label></p>
471: <p><button name="mode" type=submit value="add">Post Comment</button></p>
472: </form></pre>
473:
474: <p>When the user submits the form, the user agent includes three
475: fields, one called "comment", one called "comment.dir", and one
476: called "mode"; so if the user types "Hello", the submission body
477: might be something like:</p>
478:
479: <pre>comment=Hello&<strong>comment.dir=ltr</strong>&mode=add</pre>
480:
481: <p>If the user manually switches to a right-to-left writing
482: direction and enters "<span dir="rtl" lang="ar" title="">مرحبًا</span>", the
483: submission body might be something like:</p>
484:
485: <pre>comment=%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%8B%D8%A7&<strong>comment.dir=rtl</strong>&mode=add</pre>
486:
1.151 mike 487: </div>
488:
489:
490: <h6 id="the-list-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.3 </span>The <code title="attr-input-list"><a href="#attr-input-list">list</a></code> attribute</h6>
491:
492: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-list" title="attr-input-list"><code>list</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 493: attribute is used to identify an element that lists predefined
1.151 mike 494: options suggested to the user.</p>
495:
496: <p>If present, its value must be the <a href="infrastructure.html#concept-id" title="concept-id">ID</a> of a <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element in
497: the same document.</p>
498:
499: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 500:
501: <p>The <dfn id="concept-input-list" title="concept-input-list">suggestions source
502: element</dfn> is the first element in the document in <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order">tree
1.62 mike 503: order</a> to have an <a href="infrastructure.html#concept-id" title="concept-id">ID</a> equal to
1.30 mike 504: the value of the <code title="attr-input-list"><a href="#attr-input-list">list</a></code>
1.67 mike 505: attribute, if that element is a <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element. If
1.30 mike 506: there is no <code title="attr-input-list"><a href="#attr-input-list">list</a></code> attribute, or
1.62 mike 507: if there is no element with that <a href="infrastructure.html#concept-id" title="concept-id">ID</a>,
508: or if the first element with that <a href="infrastructure.html#concept-id" title="concept-id">ID</a>
1.67 mike 509: is not a <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element, then there is no <a href="#concept-input-list" title="concept-input-list">suggestions source element</a>.</p>
1.1 mike 510:
511: <p>If there is a <a href="#concept-input-list" title="concept-input-list">suggestions source
512: element</a>, then, when the user agent is allowing the user to
1.67 mike 513: edit the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, the user agent should offer
1.1 mike 514: the suggestions represented by the <a href="#concept-input-list" title="concept-input-list">suggestions source element</a> to the
515: user in a manner suitable for the type of control used. The user
1.67 mike 516: agent may use the suggestion's <a href="the-option-element.html#concept-option-label" title="concept-option-label">label</a> to identify the suggestion
1.30 mike 517: if appropriate.</p>
1.1 mike 518:
1.30 mike 519: <p>How user selections of suggestions are handled depends on whether
520: the element is a control accepting a single value only, or whether
521: it accepts multiple values:</p>
522:
523: <dl class="switch"><dt>If the element does not have a <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute specified or
524: if the <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute
525: does not apply</dt>
526:
527: <dd>
528:
529: <p>When the user selects a suggestion, the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code>
1.67 mike 530: element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> must be set
531: to the selected suggestion's <a href="the-option-element.html#concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</a>, as if the user had
1.30 mike 532: written that value himself.</p>
533:
534: </dd>
535:
536: <dt>If the element <em>does</em> have a <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute specified,
537: and the <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute
538: does apply</dt>
539:
540: <dd>
541:
542: <p>When the user selects a suggestion, the user agent must either
1.67 mike 543: add a new entry to the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-values" title="concept-fe-values">value<em>s</em></a>, whose value is
544: the selected suggestion's <a href="the-option-element.html#concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</a>, or change an existing
545: entry in the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-values" title="concept-fe-values">value<em>s</em></a> to have the value
546: given by the selected suggestion's <a href="the-option-element.html#concept-option-value" title="concept-option-value">value</a>, as if the user had
1.30 mike 547: himself added an entry with that value, or edited an existing
548: entry to be that value. Which behavior is to be applied depends on
549: the user interface in a user-agent-defined manner.</p>
550:
551: </dd>
552:
553: </dl><hr><p>If the <code title="attr-input-list"><a href="#attr-input-list">list</a></code> attribute does
1.1 mike 554: not apply, there is no <a href="#concept-input-list" title="concept-input-list">suggestions
555: source element</a>.</p>
556:
1.151 mike 557: </div>
558:
559: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 560:
561: <p>This URL field offers some suggestions.</p>
562:
563: <pre><label>Homepage: <input name=hp type=url list=hpurls></label>
564: <datalist id=hpurls>
565: <option value="http://www.google.com/" label="Google">
566: <option value="http://www.reddit.com/" label="Reddit">
567: </datalist></pre>
568:
569: <p>Other URLs from the user's history might show also; this is up
570: to the user agent.</p>
571:
1.151 mike 572: </div>
573:
574: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 575:
576: <p>This example demonstrates how to design a form that uses the
577: autocompletion list feature while still degrading usefully in
578: legacy user agents.</p>
579:
580: <p>If the autocompletion list is merely an aid, and is not
1.67 mike 581: important to the content, then simply using a <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code>
582: element with children <code><a href="the-option-element.html#the-option-element">option</a></code> elements is enough. To
1.1 mike 583: prevent the values from being rendered in legacy user agents, they
1.67 mike 584: need to be placed inside the <code title="attr-option-value"><a href="the-option-element.html#attr-option-value">value</a></code> attribute instead of
1.1 mike 585: inline.</p>
586:
587: <pre><p>
588: <label>
589: Enter a breed:
590: <input type="text" name="breed" list="breeds">
591: <datalist id="breeds">
592: <option value="Abyssinian">
593: <option value="Alpaca">
594: <!-- ... -->
595: </datalist>
596: </label>
597: </p></pre>
598:
599: <p>However, if the values need to be shown in legacy UAs, then
1.67 mike 600: fallback content can be placed inside the <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code>
1.1 mike 601: element, as follows:</p>
602:
603: <pre><p>
604: <label>
605: Enter a breed:
606: <input type="text" name="breed" list="breeds">
607: </label>
608: <datalist id="breeds">
609: <label>
610: or select one from the list:
611: <select name="breed">
612: <option value=""> (none selected)
613: <option>Abyssinian
614: <option>Alpaca
615: <!-- ... -->
616: </select>
617: </label>
618: </datalist>
619: </p>
620: </pre>
621:
622: <p>The fallback content will only be shown in UAs that don't
1.67 mike 623: support <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code>. The options, on the other hand, will
1.54 mike 624: be detected by all UAs, even though they are not children of the
1.67 mike 625: <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element.</p>
1.1 mike 626:
1.67 mike 627: <p>Note that if an <code><a href="the-option-element.html#the-option-element">option</a></code> element used in a
628: <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> is <code title="attr-option-selected"><a href="the-option-element.html#attr-option-selected">selected</a></code>, it will be selected
1.1 mike 629: by default by legacy UAs (because it affects the
1.67 mike 630: <code><a href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a></code>), but it will not have any effect on the
1.1 mike 631: <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element in UAs that support
1.67 mike 632: <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code>.</p>
1.1 mike 633:
1.151 mike 634: </div>
635:
636:
637:
638: <h6 id="the-readonly-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.4 </span>The <code title="attr-input-readonly"><a href="#attr-input-readonly">readonly</a></code> attribute</h6>
639:
640: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-readonly" title="attr-input-readonly"><code>readonly</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 641: attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a> that controls whether
1.12 mike 642: or not the user can edit the form control. <span class="impl">When
1.151 mike 643: specified, the element is <i title="concept-input-immutable"><a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-immutable">immutable</a></i>.</span></p>
644:
645: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 646:
647: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: If the <code title="attr-input-readonly"><a href="#attr-input-readonly">readonly</a></code> attribute is specified
1.67 mike 648: on an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element, the element is <a href="constraints.html#barred-from-constraint-validation">barred from
1.1 mike 649: constraint validation</a>.</p>
650:
1.151 mike 651: </div>
652:
653: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 654:
655: <p>In the following example, the existing product identifiers
656: cannot be modified, but they are still displayed as part of the
657: form, for consistency with the row representing a new product
658: (where the identifier is not yet filled in).</p>
659:
660: <pre><form action="products.cgi" method=post enctype="multipart/form-data">
661: <table>
662: <tr> <th> Product ID <th> Product name <th> Price <th> Action
663: <tr>
664: <td> <input readonly name="1.pid" value="H412">
665: <td> <input required name="1.pname" value="Floor lamp Ulke">
666: <td> $<input required type=number min=0 step=0.01 name="1.pprice" value="49.99">
667: <td> <button formnovalidate name="action" value="delete:1">Delete</button>
668: <tr>
669: <td> <input readonly name="2.pid" value="FG28">
670: <td> <input required name="2.pname" value="Table lamp Ulke">
671: <td> $<input required type=number min=0 step=0.01 name="2.pprice" value="24.99">
672: <td> <button formnovalidate name="action" value="delete:2">Delete</button>
673: <tr>
674: <td> <input required name="3.pid" value="" pattern="[A-Z0-9]+">
675: <td> <input required name="3.pname" value="">
676: <td> $<input required type=number min=0 step=0.01 name="3.pprice" value="">
677: <td> <button formnovalidate name="action" value="delete:3">Delete</button>
678: </table>
679: <p> <button formnovalidate name="action" value="add">Add</button> </p>
680: <p> <button name="action" value="update">Save</button> </p>
681: </form></pre>
682:
1.151 mike 683: </div>
684:
685:
686:
687: <h6 id="the-size-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.5 </span>The <code title="attr-input-size"><a href="#attr-input-size">size</a></code> attribute</h6>
688:
689: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-size" title="attr-input-size"><code>size</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 690: attribute gives the number of characters that, in a visual
691: rendering, the user agent is to allow the user to see while editing
1.151 mike 692: the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>.</p>
693:
694: <p>The <code title="attr-input-size"><a href="#attr-input-size">size</a></code> attribute, if
1.1 mike 695: specified, must have a value that is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-non-negative-integer">valid non-negative
1.151 mike 696: integer</a> greater than zero.</p>
697:
698: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 699:
700: <p>If the attribute is present, then its value must be parsed using
701: the <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#rules-for-parsing-non-negative-integers">rules for parsing non-negative integers</a>, and if the
702: result is a number greater than zero, then the user agent should
703: ensure that at least that many characters are visible.</p>
704:
705: <p>The <code title="dom-input-size"><a href="the-input-element.html#dom-input-size">size</a></code> IDL attribute is
706: <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#limited-to-only-non-negative-numbers-greater-than-zero">limited to only non-negative numbers greater than
1.17 mike 707: zero</a> and has a default value of 20.</p>
1.1 mike 708:
1.151 mike 709: </div>
710:
711:
712:
713: <h6 id="the-required-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.6 </span>The <code title="attr-input-required"><a href="#attr-input-required">required</a></code> attribute</h6>
714:
715: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-required" title="attr-input-required"><code>required</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 716: attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a>. When specified, the
1.151 mike 717: element is <dfn id="concept-input-required" title="concept-input-required"><i>required</i></dfn>.</p>
718:
719: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 720:
1.67 mike 721: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: If the element is <i title="concept-input-required"><a href="#concept-input-required">required</a></i>, and its <code title="dom-input-value"><a href="common-input-element-apis.html#dom-input-value">value</a></code> IDL attribute applies and is in
722: the mode <a href="common-input-element-apis.html#dom-input-value-value" title="dom-input-value-value">value</a>, and the
1.1 mike 723: element is <i title="concept-input-mutable"><a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-mutable">mutable</a></i>, and the
1.67 mike 724: element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is the empty
725: string, then the element is <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-being-missing">suffering from being
1.1 mike 726: missing</a>.</p>
727:
1.151 mike 728: </div>
729:
730: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 731:
732: <p>The following form has two required fields, one for an e-mail
733: address and one for a password. It also has a third field that is
1.119 mike 734: only considered valid if the user types the same password in the
1.1 mike 735: password field and this third field.</p>
736:
737: <pre><h1>Create new account</h1>
1.33 mike 738: <form action="/newaccount" method=post
739: oninput="up2.setCustomValidity(up2.value != up.value ? 'Passwords do not match.' : '')">
1.1 mike 740: <p>
741: <label for="username">E-mail address:</label>
742: <input id="username" type=email required name=un>
743: <p>
744: <label for="password1">Password:</label>
745: <input id="password1" type=password required name=up>
746: <p>
747: <label for="password2">Confirm password:</label>
1.33 mike 748: <input id="password2" type=password name=up2>
1.1 mike 749: <p>
750: <input type=submit value="Create account">
751: </form></pre>
752:
1.151 mike 753: </div>
754:
755:
756: <h6 id="the-multiple-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.7 </span>The <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute</h6>
757:
758: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-multiple" title="attr-input-multiple"><code>multiple</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 759: attribute is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute">boolean attribute</a> that indicates whether
1.151 mike 760: the user is to be allowed to specify more than one value.</p>
761:
762: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 763:
764: <p>The following extract shows how an e-mail client's "Cc" field
765: could accept multiple e-mail addresses.</p>
766:
767: <pre><label>Cc: <input type=email multiple name=cc></label></pre>
768:
769: <p>If the user had, amongst many friends in his user contacts
770: database, two friends "Arthur Dent" (with address
771: "art@example.net") and "Adam Josh" (with address
772: "adamjosh@example.net"), then, after the user has typed "a", the
773: user agent might suggest these two e-mail addresses to the
774: user.</p>
775:
1.47 mike 776: <p><img alt="" height="140" src="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/images/sample-email-1.png" width="500"></p>
1.1 mike 777:
778: <p>The page could also link in the user's contacts database from the site:</p>
779:
780: <pre><label>Cc: <input type=email multiple name=cc list=contacts></label>
781: ...
782: <datalist id="contacts">
783: <option value="hedral@damowmow.com">
784: <option value="pillar@example.com">
785: <option value="astrophy@cute.example">
786: <option value="astronomy@science.example.org">
787: </datalist></pre>
788:
789: <p>Suppose the user had entered "bob@example.net" into this text
790: field, and then started typing a second e-mail address starting
791: with "a". The user agent might show both the two friends mentioned
792: earlier, as well as the "astrophy" and "astronomy" values given in
1.67 mike 793: the <code><a href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a></code> element.</p>
1.1 mike 794:
1.47 mike 795: <p><img alt="" height="171" src="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/images/sample-email-2.png" width="500"></p>
1.1 mike 796:
1.151 mike 797: </div>
798:
799: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 800:
801: <p>The following extract shows how an e-mail client's "Attachments"
802: field could accept multiple files for upload.</p>
803:
804: <pre><label>Attachments: <input type=file multiple name=att></label></pre>
805:
1.151 mike 806: </div>
807:
808:
809: <h6 id="the-maxlength-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.8 </span>The <code title="attr-input-maxlength"><a href="#attr-input-maxlength">maxlength</a></code> attribute</h6>
810:
811: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-maxlength" title="attr-input-maxlength"><code>maxlength</code></dfn>
1.67 mike 812: attribute<span class="impl">, when it applies,</span> is a <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#attr-fe-maxlength" title="attr-fe-maxlength">form control <code title="">maxlength</code> attribute</a><span class="impl">
1.1 mike 813: controlled by the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element's <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-dirty-flag" title="concept-input-value-dirty-flag">dirty value
1.151 mike 814: flag</a></span>.</p>
815:
816: <p>If the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element has a <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#maximum-allowed-value-length">maximum allowed
1.64 mike 817: value length</a>, then the <a href="infrastructure.html#code-point-length">code-point length</a> of the
1.1 mike 818: value of the element's <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-value">value</a></code>
1.67 mike 819: attribute must be equal to or less than the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#maximum-allowed-value-length">maximum
1.151 mike 820: allowed value length</a>.</p>
821:
822: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 823:
824: <p>The following extract shows how a messaging client's text entry
825: could be arbitrarily restricted to a fixed number of characters,
1.15 mike 826: thus forcing any conversation through this medium to be terse and
1.1 mike 827: discouraging intelligent discourse.</p>
828:
1.59 mike 829: <pre><label>What are you doing? <input name=status maxlength=140></label></pre>
1.1 mike 830:
1.151 mike 831: </div>
832:
833:
834:
835: <h6 id="the-pattern-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.9 </span>The <code title="attr-input-pattern"><a href="#attr-input-pattern">pattern</a></code> attribute</h6>
836:
837: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-pattern" title="attr-input-pattern"><code>pattern</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 838: attribute specifies a regular expression against which the control's
1.67 mike 839: <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, or, when the <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute applies and is
840: set, the control's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-values" title="concept-fe-values">value<em>s</em></a>, are to be
1.151 mike 841: checked.</p>
842:
843: <p>If specified, the attribute's value must match the JavaScript <i title="">Pattern</i> production. <a href="references.html#refsECMA262">[ECMA262]</a></p>
844:
845: <div class="impl">
1.30 mike 846:
847: <p>If an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element has a <code title="attr-input-pattern"><a href="#attr-input-pattern">pattern</a></code> attribute specified, and
848: the attribute's value, when compiled as a JavaScript regular
849: expression with the <code title="">global</code>, <code title="">ignoreCase</code>, and <code title="">multiline</code>
850: flags <em>disabled</em> (see ECMA262 Edition 5, sections 15.10.7.2
851: through 15.10.7.4), compiles successfully, then the resulting
852: regular expression is the element's <dfn id="compiled-pattern-regular-expression">compiled pattern regular
853: expression</dfn>. If the element has no such attribute, or if the
854: value doesn't compile successfully, then the element has no
1.58 mike 855: <a href="#compiled-pattern-regular-expression">compiled pattern regular expression</a>. <a href="references.html#refsECMA262">[ECMA262]</a></p>
1.1 mike 856:
1.67 mike 857: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: If the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is not the empty string, and
1.30 mike 858: either the element's <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code> attribute is not
859: specified or it does not apply to the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element
860: given its <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute's
861: current state, and the element has a <a href="#compiled-pattern-regular-expression">compiled pattern regular
862: expression</a> but that regular expression does not match the
1.67 mike 863: entirety of the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, then the element is
864: <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-a-pattern-mismatch">suffering from a pattern mismatch</a>.</p>
1.30 mike 865:
1.67 mike 866: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: If the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is not the empty string, and
1.30 mike 867: the element's <code title="attr-input-multiple"><a href="#attr-input-multiple">multiple</a></code>
868: attribute is specified and applies to the <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code>
869: element, and the element has a <a href="#compiled-pattern-regular-expression">compiled pattern regular
870: expression</a> but that regular expression does not match the
1.67 mike 871: entirety of each of the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-values" title="concept-fe-values">value<em>s</em></a>, then the element
872: is <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-a-pattern-mismatch">suffering from a pattern mismatch</a>.</p>
1.1 mike 873:
1.50 mike 874: <p>The <a href="#compiled-pattern-regular-expression">compiled pattern regular expression</a>, when
875: matched against a string, must have its start anchored to the start
876: of the string and its end anchored to the end of the string.</p>
877:
1.1 mike 878: <p class="note">This implies that the regular expression language
879: used for this attribute is the same as that used in JavaScript,
880: except that the <code title="attr-input-pattern"><a href="#attr-input-pattern">pattern</a></code>
1.50 mike 881: attribute is matched against the entire value, not just any subset
882: (somewhat as if it implied a <code title="">^(?:</code> at the start
883: of the pattern and a <code title="">)$</code> at the end).</p>
1.1 mike 884:
1.151 mike 885: </div>
886:
887: <p>When an <code><a href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a></code> element has a <code title="attr-input-pattern"><a href="#attr-input-pattern">pattern</a></code> attribute specified,
1.67 mike 888: authors should include a <code title="attr-title"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-title-attribute">title</a></code>
1.1 mike 889: attribute to give a description of the pattern. User agents may use
890: the contents of this attribute, if it is present, when informing the
891: user that the pattern is not matched, or at any other suitable time,
892: such as in a tooltip or read out by assistive technology when the
1.151 mike 893: control gains focus.</p>
894:
895: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 896: <p>For example, the following snippet:</p>
897: <pre><label> Part number:
898: <input pattern="[0-9][A-Z]{3}" name="part"
899: title="A part number is a digit followed by three uppercase letters."/>
900: </label></pre>
901: <p>...could cause the UA to display an alert such as:</p>
902: <pre><samp>A part number is a digit followed by three uppercase letters.
1.11 mike 903: You cannot submit this form when the field is incorrect.</samp></pre>
1.151 mike 904: </div>
905:
906: <p>When a control has a <code title="attr-input-pattern"><a href="#attr-input-pattern">pattern</a></code> attribute, the <code title="attr-title"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-title-attribute">title</a></code> attribute, if used, must describe
1.1 mike 907: the pattern. Additional information could also be included, so long
908: as it assists the user in filling in the control. Otherwise,
1.151 mike 909: assistive technology would be impaired.</p>
910:
911: <p class="example">For instance, if the title attribute contained
1.1 mike 912: the caption of the control, assistive technology could end up saying
913: something like <samp>The text you have entered does not match the
1.151 mike 914: required pattern. Birthday</samp>, which is not useful.</p>
915:
916: <p>UAs may still show the <code title="attr-title"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-title-attribute">title</a></code> in
1.101 mike 917: non-error situations (for example, as a tooltip when hovering over
918: the control), so authors should be careful not to word <code title="attr-title"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-title-attribute">title</a></code>s as if an error has necessarily
1.151 mike 919: occurred.</p>
920:
921:
922:
923: <h6 id="the-min-and-max-attributes"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.10 </span>The <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code> and <code title="attr-input-max"><a href="#attr-input-max">max</a></code> attributes</h6>
924:
925: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-min" title="attr-input-min"><code>min</code></dfn> and <dfn id="attr-input-max" title="attr-input-max"><code>max</code></dfn> attributes indicate
926: the allowed range of values for the element.</p>
927:
928: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 929:
930: <p>Their syntax is defined by the section that defines the <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute's current state.</p>
931:
932: <p>If the element has a <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code>
933: attribute, and the result of applying the <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-string-number" title="concept-input-value-string-number">algorithm to convert a
934: string to a number</a> to the value of the <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code> attribute is a number, then that
935: number is the element's <dfn id="concept-input-min" title="concept-input-min">minimum</dfn>; otherwise, if the <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute's current state
936: defines a <dfn id="concept-input-min-default" title="concept-input-min-default">default
937: minimum</dfn>, then that is the <a href="#concept-input-min" title="concept-input-min">minimum</a>; otherwise, the element has
938: no <a href="#concept-input-min" title="concept-input-min">minimum</a>.</p>
939:
940: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: When the element has a
941: <a href="#attr-input-min" title="attr-input-min">minimum</a>, and the result of
942: applying the <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-string-number" title="concept-input-value-string-number">algorithm to convert a
1.67 mike 943: string to a number</a> to the string given by the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is a number, and the number
1.1 mike 944: obtained from that algorithm is less than the <a href="#attr-input-min" title="attr-input-min">minimum</a>, the element is
1.67 mike 945: <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-an-underflow">suffering from an underflow</a>.</p>
1.1 mike 946:
947: <p>The <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code> attribute also
948: defines the <a href="#concept-input-min-zero" title="concept-input-min-zero">step
949: base</a>.</p>
950:
951: <p>If the element has a <code title="attr-input-max"><a href="#attr-input-max">max</a></code>
952: attribute, and the result of applying the <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-string-number" title="concept-input-value-string-number">algorithm to convert a
953: string to a number</a> to the value of the <code title="attr-input-max"><a href="#attr-input-max">max</a></code> attribute is a number, then that
954: number is the element's <dfn id="concept-input-max" title="concept-input-max">maximum</dfn>; otherwise, if the <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute's current state
955: defines a <dfn id="concept-input-max-default" title="concept-input-max-default">default
956: maximum</dfn>, then that is the <a href="#concept-input-max" title="concept-input-max">maximum</a>; otherwise, the element has
957: no <a href="#concept-input-max" title="concept-input-max">maximum</a>.</p>
958:
959: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: When the element has a
960: <a href="#attr-input-max" title="attr-input-max">maximum</a>, and the result of
961: applying the <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-string-number" title="concept-input-value-string-number">algorithm to convert a
1.67 mike 962: string to a number</a> to the string given by the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is a number, and the number
1.1 mike 963: obtained from that algorithm is more than the <a href="#attr-input-max" title="attr-input-max">maximum</a>, the element is
1.67 mike 964: <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-an-overflow">suffering from an overflow</a>.</p>
1.1 mike 965:
1.151 mike 966: </div>
967:
968: <p>The <code title="attr-input-max"><a href="#attr-input-max">max</a></code> attribute's value
1.1 mike 969: (the <a href="#concept-input-max" title="concept-input-max">maximum</a>) must not be
970: less than the <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code> attribute's
1.151 mike 971: value (its <a href="#concept-input-min" title="concept-input-min">minimum</a>).</p>
972:
973: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 974:
975: <p class="note">If an element has a <a href="#attr-input-max" title="attr-input-max">maximum</a> that is less than its <a href="#attr-input-min" title="attr-input-min">minimum</a>, then so long as the element
1.67 mike 976: has a <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, it will either be
977: <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-an-underflow">suffering from an underflow</a> or <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-an-overflow">suffering from an
1.1 mike 978: overflow</a>.</p>
979:
1.151 mike 980: </div>
981:
982: <p>An element <dfn id="have-range-limitations" title="have range limitations">has range
983: limitations</dfn> if it has a defined <a href="#concept-input-min" title="concept-input-min">minimum</a> or a defined <a href="#concept-input-max" title="concept-input-max">maximum</a>.</p>
984:
985: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 986:
987: <p>The following date control limits input to dates that are before
988: the 1980s:</p>
989:
990: <pre><input name=bday type=date max="1979-12-31"></pre>
991:
1.151 mike 992: </div>
993:
994: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 995:
996: <p>The following number control limits input to whole numbers
997: greater than zero:</p>
998:
999: <pre><input name=quantity required type=number min=1 value=1></pre>
1000:
1.151 mike 1001: </div>
1002:
1003:
1004: <h6 id="the-step-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.11 </span>The <code title="attr-input-step"><a href="#attr-input-step">step</a></code> attribute</h6>
1005:
1006: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-step" title="attr-input-step"><code>step</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 1007: attribute indicates the granularity that is expected (and required)
1.67 mike 1008: of the <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>, by limiting the
1.1 mike 1009: allowed values. <span class="impl">The section that defines the
1010: <code title="attr-input-type"><a href="the-input-element.html#attr-input-type">type</a></code> attribute's current state
1011: also defines the <dfn id="concept-input-step-default" title="concept-input-step-default">default
1012: step</dfn>, the <dfn id="concept-input-step-scale" title="concept-input-step-scale">step scale
1013: factor</dfn>, and in some cases the <dfn id="concept-input-step-default-base" title="concept-input-step-default-base">default step base</dfn>,
1014: which are used in processing the attribute as described
1.151 mike 1015: below.</span></p>
1016:
1017: <p>The <code title="attr-input-step"><a href="#attr-input-step">step</a></code> attribute, if
1.1 mike 1018: specified, must either have a value that is a <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-floating-point-number">valid floating
1019: point number</a> that <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#rules-for-parsing-floating-point-number-values" title="rules for parsing floating
1020: point number values">parses</a> to a number that is greater than
1021: zero, or must have a value that is an <a href="infrastructure.html#ascii-case-insensitive">ASCII
1.151 mike 1022: case-insensitive</a> match for the string "<code title="">any</code>".</p>
1023:
1024: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 1025:
1026: <p>The attribute provides the <dfn id="concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value step</dfn> for the element,
1027: as follows:</p>
1028:
1029: <ol><li>If the attribute is absent, then the <a href="#concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value step</a> is the <a href="#concept-input-step-default" title="concept-input-step-default">default step</a> multiplied
1030: by the <a href="#concept-input-step-scale" title="concept-input-step-scale">step scale
1031: factor</a>.</li>
1032:
1033: <li>Otherwise, if the attribute's value is an <a href="infrastructure.html#ascii-case-insensitive">ASCII
1034: case-insensitive</a> match for the string "<code title="">any</code>", then there is no <a href="#concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value step</a>.</li>
1035:
1036: <li>Otherwise, if the <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#rules-for-parsing-floating-point-number-values">rules for parsing floating point number
1037: values</a>, when they are applied to the attribute's value,
1038: return an error, zero, or a number less than zero, then the <a href="#concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value step</a> is the <a href="#concept-input-step-default" title="concept-input-step-default">default step</a> multiplied
1039: by the <a href="#concept-input-step-scale" title="concept-input-step-scale">step scale
1040: factor</a>.</li>
1041:
1042: <li>Otherwise, the <a href="#concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value
1043: step</a> is the number returned by the <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#rules-for-parsing-floating-point-number-values">rules for parsing
1044: floating point number values</a> when they are applied to the
1045: attribute's value, multiplied by the <a href="#concept-input-step-scale" title="concept-input-step-scale">step scale factor</a>.</li>
1046:
1047: </ol><p>The <dfn id="concept-input-min-zero" title="concept-input-min-zero">step base</dfn> is the
1048: result of applying the <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-string-number" title="concept-input-value-string-number">algorithm to convert a
1049: string to a number</a> to the value of the <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code> attribute, unless the element does
1050: not have a <code title="attr-input-min"><a href="#attr-input-min">min</a></code> attribute
1051: specified or the result of applying that algorithm is an error, in
1052: which case the <a href="#concept-input-min-zero" title="concept-input-min-zero">step base</a>
1053: is the <a href="#concept-input-step-default-base" title="concept-input-step-default-base">default step
1054: base</a>, if one is defined, or zero, if not.</p>
1055:
1056: <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: When the element has an
1057: <a href="#concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value step</a>, and the
1058: result of applying the <a href="the-input-element.html#concept-input-value-string-number" title="concept-input-value-string-number">algorithm to convert a
1.67 mike 1059: string to a number</a> to the string given by the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is a number, and that
1.1 mike 1060: number subtracted from the <a href="#concept-input-min-zero" title="concept-input-min-zero">step
1061: base</a> is not an integral multiple of the <a href="#concept-input-step" title="concept-input-step">allowed value step</a>, the element is
1.67 mike 1062: <a href="constraints.html#suffering-from-a-step-mismatch">suffering from a step mismatch</a>.</p>
1.1 mike 1063:
1.151 mike 1064: </div>
1065:
1066: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 1067:
1068: <p>The following range control only accepts values in the range
1069: 0..1, and allows 256 steps in that range:</p>
1070:
1071: <pre><input name=opacity type=range min=0 max=1 step=0.00392156863></pre>
1072:
1.151 mike 1073: </div>
1074:
1075: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 1076:
1077: <p>The following control allows any time in the day to be selected,
1078: with any accuracy (e.g. thousandth-of-a-second accuracy or
1079: more):</p>
1080:
1081: <pre><input name=favtime type=time step=any></pre>
1082:
1083: <p>Normally, time controls are limited to an accuracy of one
1084: minute.</p>
1085:
1.151 mike 1086: </div>
1087:
1088:
1089:
1090:
1091: <h6 id="the-placeholder-attribute"><span class="secno">4.10.7.3.12 </span>The <code title="attr-input-placeholder"><a href="#attr-input-placeholder">placeholder</a></code> attribute</h6>
1092:
1093:
1094:
1095: <p>The <dfn id="attr-input-placeholder" title="attr-input-placeholder"><code>placeholder</code></dfn>
1.1 mike 1096: attribute represents a <em>short</em> hint (a word or short phrase)
1097: intended to aid the user with data entry. A hint could be a sample
1098: value or a brief description of the expected format. The attribute,
1.151 mike 1099: if specified, must have a value that contains no "LF" (U+000A) or "CR" (U+000D) characters.</p>
1100:
1101: <p class="note">For a longer hint or other advisory text, the <code title="attr-title"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-title-attribute">title</a></code> attribute is more appropriate.</p>
1102:
1103: <p>The <code title="attr-input-placeholder"><a href="#attr-input-placeholder">placeholder</a></code>
1.1 mike 1104: attribute should not be used as an alternative to a
1.151 mike 1105: <code><a href="the-label-element.html#the-label-element">label</a></code>.</p>
1106:
1107: <div class="impl">
1.1 mike 1108:
1109: <p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having
1110: <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#strip-line-breaks" title="strip line breaks">stripped line breaks</a> from it,
1.67 mike 1111: when the element's <a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> is
1.66 mike 1112: the empty string and/or the control is not focused (e.g. by
1113: displaying it inside a blank unfocused control and hiding it
1114: otherwise).</p>
1.1 mike 1115:
1.151 mike 1116: </div>
1117:
1118: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 1119:
1120: <p>Here is an example of a mail configuration user interface that
1121: uses the <code title="attr-input-placeholder"><a href="#attr-input-placeholder">placeholder</a></code>
1122: attribute:</p>
1123:
1124: <pre><fieldset>
1125: <legend>Mail Account</legend>
1126: <p><label>Name: <input type="text" name="fullname" placeholder="John Ratzenberger"></label></p>
1127: <p><label>Address: <input type="email" name="address" placeholder="john@example.net"></label></p>
1128: <p><label>Password: <input type="password" name="password"></label></p>
1129: <p><label>Description: <input type="text" name="desc" placeholder="My Email Account"></label></p>
1130: </fieldset></pre>
1131:
1.151 mike 1132: </div>
1133:
1134:
1135:
1136:
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