- From: Jukka K. Korpela <jukka.k.korpela@kolumbus.fi>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:36:53 +0200
- To: public-html-comments@w3.org
2013-01-16 16:10, Fred wrote:
> The input element has a type attribute which allows values such as
> number, text, etc.
>
> Number matches only digits.
> Text matches *everything*.
>
> It would be nice with 'alphabetic' that matches only a-z, not
> !@#$%/[]{}(), etc.
Using <input type=number> is expected to be implemented so that the user
can input a number via some user interface, and the set of allowed
values depends on other attributes of the element, and may allow numbers
with a decimal part or with a sign.
To specify that a-z only be accepted, you can use <input type=text
pattern="[a-z]"> or (if uppercase is to be allowed too) <input type=text
pattern="[a-zA-Z]">
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Received on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:37:18 UTC