- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:35:14 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv5658 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: WF2: Allow placeholder='' to be empty. No need to be overzealous in our requirements. (credit: sp) (whatwg r2527) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.1697 retrieving revision 1.1698 diff -u -d -r1.1697 -r1.1698 --- Overview.html 2 Dec 2008 11:33:36 -0000 1.1697 +++ Overview.html 2 Dec 2008 11:35:11 -0000 1.1698 @@ -21897,9 +21897,8 @@ attribute represents a <em>short</em> hint (a word or short phrase) intended to aid the user with data entry. A hint could be a sample value or a brief description of the expected format. The attribute, - if specified, must have a value that is not the empty string and - that contains no U+000A LINE FEED (LF) or U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN - (CR) characters.<p class=note>For a longer hint or other advisory text, the <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code> attribute is more appropriate.<p>The <code title=attr-input-placeholder><a href=#attr-input-placeholder>placeholder</a></code> + if specified, must have a value that contains no U+000A LINE FEED + (LF) or U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) characters.<p class=note>For a longer hint or other advisory text, the <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code> attribute is more appropriate.<p>The <code title=attr-input-placeholder><a href=#attr-input-placeholder>placeholder</a></code> attribute should not be used as an alternative to a <code><a href=#the-label-element>label</a></code>.<p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having <a href=#strip-line-breaks title="strip line breaks">stripped line breaks</a> from it,
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