[Bug 14947] New: Is the placeholder attribute only allowed on textual fields? If not, is there a specific way UAs are expected to show the value on non-textual fields?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14947

           Summary: Is the placeholder attribute only allowed on textual
                    fields? If not, is there a specific way UAs are
                    expected to show the value on non-textual fields?
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the
                    -placeholder-attribute
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: other Hixie drafts (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-input-element-attributes.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-placeholder-attribute
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-placeholder-attribute

Comment:
Is the placeholder attribute only allowed on textual fields? If not, is there
a specific way UAs are expected to show the value on non-textual fields?

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Received on Monday, 28 November 2011 12:13:12 UTC