- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:57:15 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Sean Hogan wrote: > > If I'm reading the spec correctly then "pattern" is used to prevent/allow form > submission, and to highlight an invalid entry. > > What I am suggesting is a filter that can be matched against for each keypress > event. If keyCode matches then the character is appended to the input as > normal. If it doesn't then the character is dropped on the floor. A user agent would be allowed to do that in response to the pattern="" attribute. That is, the behaviour you describe is behaviour that browsers are allowed to implement when authors use the pattern="" attribute, to ensure that the user can't type in invalid values. It isn't required, because, as you point out, this is a UI issue. Cheers, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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