- From: porneL <mailinglist@pornel.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:29:49 +0100
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:57:15 +0100, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> 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="" I'm afraid that is a difficult thing to implement. Partial string may not match pattern even if full would. For example: pattern=".." I this case user couldn't type anything, because first character won't match requirement of having two characters. To handle this properly UAs would need to modify their regexp engines. -- regards, porneL
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