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4.10.4.2.11 The placeholder attribute
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   <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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