[Bug 9805] New: Help with current pattern should not use the title attribute (4.10.7.2.8)

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9805

           Summary: Help with current pattern should not use the title
                    attribute (4.10.7.2.8)
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: Disagree, externalComments
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: www.w3.org@mailfilter.com.ar
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


Hi. I think the title attribute should not receive a special treatment to
complement the pattern attribute, as in 4.10.7.2.8. Instead, a new attribute
should be created with that particular meaning (e.g. "patterndesc").

Admitedly the title attribute provides advisory information about the element,
which may sound similar, but to me it's different. For instance, a title
attribute may help understand a complex concept about the field being entered
by the user, while the pattern may be an obvious, secondary matter to her, the
extra aid being only useful if the user makes a mistake. Consider the following
example:

<label> ISBN:
 <input pattern="[0-9]{3}-[0-9]-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{6}-[0-9]" name="isbn"
        title="The ISBN is the unique code that identifies your book and
edition; look for it at your book's cover or back." patterndesc="a series of
numbers and dashes, as written on the book." />
</label>

Sorry if this is irrelevant or out of place.

Guille

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Received on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 21:29:40 UTC