- From: Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:19:25 -0400
- To: "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi>
- CC: www-validator@w3.org
Hi, Jukka. You confirmed my suspicions. I would agree that "in this context" qualifies the error. Or maybe, "for this type." Thank you very much for the quick response. Aaron On 10/20/2011 4:12 PM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > 20.10.2011 22:43, Aaron Smith wrote: > >> Error Line 101, Column 109: Attribute multiple not allowed on element >> input at this point. >> >> …abel> <input multiple id="t13" type="text" value="more, than, one, >> value" ></p> > > That's slightly misleading but I'm afraid there's no simple fix to > this, as the error message is given in different situations and needs > to be of generic nature. But maybe it could be more suitably > formulated, e.g. as "in this context" instead of "at this point". I'll > check the validator.nu discussion forum and make a suggestion there, > if the problem hasn't been raised there yet. > > In this case, the problem is that the multiple attribute is allowed > for some types of <input> elements only, i.e. for some values of the > type attribute or, in the HTML5 parlance, for some "states" of the > input element. > > You don't need it for input type="text", as the field allows any text > input, including many words etc. - it is then up to the form data > handling to split the input string into pieces as needed. > > -- Aaron Smith Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW Micro Technical Support Team.
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