[whatwg] The type mismatch validity flag

[Jim Ley]

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:27:03 +0100, Brian Wilson <brian at opera.com> wrote:
> This would seem to indicate that a type mismatch validity flag condition
> can only be triggered by *manual* widget input. I'm not sure if that
> distinction should be noted in the spec anywhere, or of what use it
> would be to page authors or UA creators to raise this point.
> 
> It does make several of my automated test cases unusable though. Drat. 8-}

It also breaks access technology that uses "script" to transfer the
input into the document rather than doing it directly.

Jim.