- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:28:51 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv15290
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Mention explicitly that type=tel isn't format-checked. (whatwg r3509)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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<p><strong>The <a href="#value-sanitization-algorithm">value sanitization algorithm</a> is as
follows</strong>: <a href="#strip-line-breaks">Strip line breaks</a> from the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a>.</p>
- </div><div class="bookkeeping impl">
+ </div><p class="note">Unlike the <a href="#url-state" title="attr-input-type-url">URL</a> and <a href="#e-mail-state" title="attr-input-type-email">E-mail</a> types, the <a href="#telephone-state" title="attr-input-type-tel">Telephone</a> type does not enforce a
+ particular syntax. This is intentional; in practice, telephone
+ number fields tend to be free-form fields, because there are a wide
+ variety of valid phone numbers. Systems that need to enforce a
+ particular format are encouraged to use the <code title="dom-cva-setCustomValidity"><a href="#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity">setCustomValidity()</a></code> method
+ to hook into the client-side validation mechanism.<div class="bookkeeping impl">
<p>The following common <code><a href="#the-input-element">input</a></code> element content
attributes, DOM attributes, and methods apply to the element:
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