- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 23:57:04 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Jim Ley wrote:
> > >
> > > Do you mean
> > >
> > > <input id=chicken pattern=A type=text>
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > document.getElementById('chicken').pattern
> >
> > Yes. The latter will only be present if the former is supported.
>
> Right, maybe you should've tested this, since IE6 already returns the
> above, example:
>
> javascript:'<body%20onload="alert(document.body.firstChild.pattern)"><input%20id=chicken%20pattern=A></body>';
(Yay for compliant UAs.)
> So, what method do we use?
If IE has JS enabled, then you can just use the IE extensions that
implement Web Forms 2 in IE, instead of treating it like a legacy UA. So
this isn't a problem.
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