[whatwg] The type mismatch validity flag

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Olav Junker Kjær wrote:
>
> So the AC actually works like a custom widget hooked into the input 
> element? I think the AC should call changed() on the input element when 
> the value has been changed, to trigger validation and the formchanged 
> events. Just changing the value through script aren't supposed to 
> trigger validation or other events, since this could cause loops.

Nothing in WF2 "triggers validation" -- the pseudo-classes are 
continuously kept up to date, the DOM attributes are evaluated on-demand, 
and the events are only fired on submission.

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