- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:59:34 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv31987 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: WF2: placeholder='' must not contain newlines. (credit: hs) (whatwg r2524) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.1694 retrieving revision 1.1695 diff -u -d -r1.1694 -r1.1695 --- Overview.html 2 Dec 2008 10:57:23 -0000 1.1694 +++ Overview.html 2 Dec 2008 10:59:31 -0000 1.1695 @@ -21893,7 +21893,10 @@ <a href=#suffering-from-a-step-mismatch>suffering from a step mismatch</a>.<h6 id=the-placeholder-attribute><span class=secno>4.10.4.2.11 </span>The <code title=attr-input-placeholder><a href=#attr-input-placeholder>placeholder</a></code> attribute</h6><p>The <dfn id=attr-input-placeholder title=attr-input-placeholder><code>placeholder</code></dfn> 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.<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> + 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> 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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