- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:01:17 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 4 May 2006, Henri Sivonen wrote: > > The WF2 spec does not say anything about filtering autocomplete lists on > pattern and Opera 9 does not do it. However, autocomplete entries that > would fail form validation are not particularly useful. > > I suggest saying that potential autocomplete items (whether supplied by > the UA itself or read from a datalist) should be tested against the > datatype and the pattern of the form field being filled and should only > be shown if they match both the datatype and the pattern. > > (Real-world case: The autocompelete menu for the document field at > http://hsivonen.iki.fi/validator/ shows ftp and file URLs in Opera 9 > even though the pattern only matches http and https URLs.) Added encouragement. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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