- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:42:42 +0900 (JST)
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
WF2: Define title= on <input> with pattern=; clarify how validity states
work with disabled controls. (whatwg r2362)
validity states
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#validity-states
Suffering from a custom error
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-a-custom-error
Suffering from an overflow
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-an-overflow
Suffering from a pattern mismatch
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-a-pattern-mismatch
Status of this document
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#status-of-this-document
3.3.3.2 The title attribute
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#the-title-attribute
satisfies its constraints
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#concept-fv-valid
4.10.14.2 Constraint validation
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#constraint-validation
A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml
custom validity error message
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#custom-validity-error-message
Suffering from being too long
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-being-too-long
4.10.4.2.7 The pattern attribute
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#the-pattern-attribute
Suffering from a type mismatch
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-a-type-mismatch
4.10.4.2.8 The min and max attributes
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#the-min-and-max-attributes
Suffering from a step mismatch
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-a-step-mismatch
title
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#dom-title
Suffering from an underflow
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-an-underflow
Editor's Draft 23 October 2008
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#editor-s-draft-date-zzz-9-june-2008
3.3.3.3 The lang and xml:lang attributes
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#the-lang-and-xml:lang-attributes
Suffering from being missing
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1535.html#suffering-from-being-missing
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.1534&r2=1.1535&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=2361&to=2362
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<p><a href=http://www.w3.org/><img alt=W3C height=48 src=http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home width=72></a></p>
<h1>HTML 5</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml>A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
- <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=editor-s-draft-date-zzz-9-june-2008><!-- "W3C Working Draft" --> Editor's Draft <!--ZZZ-->22 October 2008</h2>
+ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=editor-s-draft-date-zzz-9-june-2008><!-- "W3C Working Draft" --> Editor's Draft <!--ZZZ-->23 October 2008</h2>
<dl><!-- ZZZ: update the month/day
<dt>This Version:</dt>
<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/</a></dd>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
specification's progress along the W3C Recommendation
track.
<!--ZZZ:-->
- This specification is the 22 October 2008 <!--ZZZ "Working Draft"-->Editor's Draft.
+ This specification is the 23 October 2008 <!--ZZZ "Working Draft"-->Editor's Draft.
<!--:ZZZ-->
</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- relationship to other work (required) --><p>This specification is also being produced by the <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/>WHATWG</a>. The two specifications are
identical from the table of contents onwards.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- context and rationale (required) --><p>This specification is intended to replace (be a new version of)
@@ -5110,8 +5110,8 @@
string indicates that the element has no advisory information.<p>If the <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code> attribute's value
contains U+000A LINE FEED (LF) characters, the content is split into
multiple lines. Each U+000A LINE FEED (LF) character represents a
- line break.<p>Some elements, such as <code><a href=#the-link-element>link</a></code> and <code><a href=#the-abbr-element>abbr</a></code>,
- define additional semantics for the <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code> attribute beyond the semantics
+ line break.<p>Some elements, such as <code><a href=#the-link-element>link</a></code>, <code><a href=#the-abbr-element>abbr</a></code>, and
+ <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code>, define additional semantics for the <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code> attribute beyond the semantics
described above.<p>The <dfn id=dom-title title=dom-title><code>title</code></dfn> DOM attribute
must <a href=#reflect>reflect</a> the <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code>
content attribute.<h5 id=the-lang-and-xml:lang-attributes><span class=secno>3.3.3.3 </span>The <dfn title=attr-lang><code>lang</code></dfn> and <dfn title=attr-xml-lang><code>xml:lang</code></dfn>
@@ -21069,7 +21069,34 @@
except that the <code title=attr-input-pattern><a href=#attr-input-pattern>pattern</a></code>
attribute must match the entire value, not just any subset (somewhat
as if it implied a <code title="">^(?:</code> at the start of the
- pattern and a <code title="">)$</code> at the end).<h6 id=the-min-and-max-attributes><span class=secno>4.10.4.2.8 </span>The <code title=attr-input-min><a href=#attr-input-min>min</a></code> and <code title=attr-input-max><a href=#attr-input-max>max</a></code> attributes</h6><p>The <dfn id=attr-input-min title=attr-input-min><code>min</code></dfn> and <dfn id=attr-input-max title=attr-input-max><code>max</code></dfn> attributes indicate
+ pattern and a <code title="">)$</code> at the end).<p>When an <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> element has a <code title=attr-input-pattern><a href=#attr-input-pattern>pattern</a></code> attribute specified,
+ authors should include a <code title=attr-title><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code>
+ attribute to give a description of the pattern. User agents may use
+ the contents of this attribute, if it is present, when informing the
+ user that the pattern is not matched, or at any other suitable time,
+ such as in a tooltip or read out by assistive technology when the
+ control gains focus.<div class=example>
+ <p>For example, the following snippet:</p>
+ <pre>
+<label> Part number:
+ <input pattern="[0-9][A-Z]{3}" name="part"
+ title="A part number is a digit followed by three uppercase letters."/>
+</label>
+</pre>
+ <p>...could cause the UA to display an alert such as:</p>
+ <pre><samp> part number is a digit followed by three uppercase letters.
+You cannot complete this form until the field is correct.</samp></pre>
+ </div><p>When a control has a <code>pattern</code> attribute, the
+ <code><a href=#the-title-element>title</a></code> attribute, if used, must describe the pattern.
+ Additional information could also be included, so long as it assists
+ the user in filling in the control. Otherwise, assistive technology
+ would be impaired.<p class=example>For instance, if the title attribute contained
+ the caption of the control, assistive technology could end up saying
+ something like <samp>The text you have entered does not match the
+ required pattern. Birthday</samp>, which is not useful.<p>UAs may still show the <code><a href=#the-title-element>title</a></code> in non-error situations
+ (for example, as a tooltip when hovering over the control), so
+ authors should be careful not to word <code><a href=#the-title-element>title</a></code>s as if an
+ error has necessarily occurred.<h6 id=the-min-and-max-attributes><span class=secno>4.10.4.2.8 </span>The <code title=attr-input-min><a href=#attr-input-min>min</a></code> and <code title=attr-input-max><a href=#attr-input-max>max</a></code> attributes</h6><p>The <dfn id=attr-input-min title=attr-input-min><code>min</code></dfn> and <dfn id=attr-input-max title=attr-input-max><code>max</code></dfn> attributes indicate
the allowed range of values for the element.<p>Their syntax is defined by the section that defines the <code title=attr-input-type><a href=#attr-input-type>type</a></code> attribute's current state.<p>If the element has a <code title=attr-input-min><a href=#attr-input-min>min</a></code>
attribute, and the result of applying the <a href=#concept-input-value-string-number title=concept-input-value-string-number>algorithm to convert a
string to a number</a> to the value of the <code title=attr-input-min><a href=#attr-input-min>min</a></code> attribute is a a number, then that
@@ -22110,50 +22137,55 @@
control.<p>An element can be constrained in various ways. The following is
the list of <dfn id=validity-states>validity states</dfn> that a form control can be
in, making the control invalid for the purposes of constraint
- valiation:<dl><dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-being-missing>Suffering from being missing</dfn> </dt>
+ validation. (The definitions below are non-normative; other parts of
+ this specification define more precisely when each state applies or
+ does not.)<dl><dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-being-missing>Suffering from being missing</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control has no <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> but has a <code title="">required</code> attribute (<code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> <code title=attr-input-required><a href=#attr-input-required>required</a></code>, <code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code>
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control has no <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> but has a <code title="">required</code> attribute (<code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> <code title=attr-input-required><a href=#attr-input-required>required</a></code>, <code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code>
<code title=attr-textarea-required><a href=#attr-textarea-required>required</a></code>). </dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-a-type-mismatch>Suffering from a type mismatch</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control that allows arbitrary user input has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is not in the correct
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control that allows arbitrary user input has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is not in the correct
syntax (<a href=#e-mail-state title=attr-input-type-email>E-mail</a>, <a href=#url-state title=attr-input-type-url>URL</a>). </dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-a-pattern-mismatch>Suffering from a pattern mismatch</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that doesn't satisfy the
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that doesn't satisfy the
<code title=attr-input-pattern><a href=#attr-input-pattern>pattern</a></code> attribute.</dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-being-too-long>Suffering from being too long</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is too long for the
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is too long for the
<a href=#attr-fe-maxlength title=attr-fe-maxlength>form control <code title="">maxlength</code> attribute</a> (<code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code>
<code title=attr-input-maxlength><a href=#attr-input-maxlength>maxlength</a></code>,
<code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code> <code title=attr-textarea-maxlength><a href=#attr-textarea-maxlength>maxlength</a></code>). </dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-an-underflow>Suffering from an underflow</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is too low for the <code title=attr-input-min><a href=#attr-input-min>min</a></code> attribute.</dd>
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is too low for the <code title=attr-input-min><a href=#attr-input-min>min</a></code> attribute.</dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-an-overflow>Suffering from an overflow</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is too high for the
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that is too high for the
<code title=attr-input-max><a href=#attr-input-max>max</a></code> attribute.</dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-a-step-mismatch>Suffering from a step mismatch</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that doesn't fit the rules
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control has a <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a> that doesn't fit the rules
given by the <code title=attr-input-step><a href=#attr-input-step>step</a></code>
attribute.</dd>
<dt> <dfn id=suffering-from-a-custom-error>Suffering from a custom error</dfn> </dt>
- <dd> <p>When a control's <a href=#custom-validity-error-message>custom validity error message</a>
+ <dd> <p class=note>When a control's <a href=#custom-validity-error-message>custom validity error message</a>
(as set by the element's <code title=dom-cva-setCustomValidity><a href=#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity>setCustomValidity()</a></code>
method) is not the empty string.</p> </dd>
- </dl><p>An element <dfn id=concept-fv-valid title=concept-fv-valid>satisfies its
+ </dl><p class=note>An element can still suffer from these states even
+ when the element is <a href=#concept-fe-disabled title=concept-fe-disabled>disabled</a>; thus these states can
+ be represented in the DOM even if validating the form during
+ submission wouldn't indicate a problem to the user.<p>An element <dfn id=concept-fv-valid title=concept-fv-valid>satisfies its
constraints</dfn> if it is not suffering from any of the above
<a href=#validity-states>validity states</a>.<h5 id=constraint-validation><span class=secno>4.10.14.2 </span>Constraint validation</h5><p>When the user agent is required to <dfn id=statically-validate-the-constraints>statically validate the
constraints</dfn> of <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element <var title="">form</var>, it must run the following steps, which return
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