- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:57:48 -0700
- To: Steve Hoeksema <steve@kotiri.com>
- Cc: "whatwg@lists.whatwg.org" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Steve Hoeksema <steve@kotiri.com> wrote: > In my specific case, a numeric code with a maximum length. > > Say it's 4 digits, and I'm using Chrome. I can put max=9999, but the browser still allows me to type 12345. It won't allow me to submit the form, and it highlights it as an error, but I can still enter it. Using a maxlength means I can't even enter 12345, and it's obvious that it will only accept 4 digits. > > Using input[type=text] is not desirable because (e.g.) it pops up a alphabetical keyboard on iOS instead of a numeric keyboard. > > I can of course restrict the length on input[type=number] with javascript, but if the browser supported it natively that would be far better. Numeric codes are almost certainly actually type=text, with a pattern="\d+" or the like. If the first digit is allowed to be 0, it's not type=number. Note that we have the inputmode attribute <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/association-of-controls-and-forms.html#input-modalities:-the-inputmode-attribute> to still indicate that the on-screen keyboard should be numeric rather than alphabetic. ~TJ
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