[whatwg] Setting .value on <input type=file>

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> 
> Currently the spec says to throw an INVALID_ACCESS_ERR exception anytime 
> the 'value' IDL attribute is set. However allowing it to be set to the 
> empty string would be good.
> 
> The simplest use case is allowing the page to implement a 'cancel' 
> button. Many UAs (in fact all that I know of) don't have explicit UI for 
> clearing the field. In fact a quick test shows that at least Firefox and 
> Safari has no way to clear the field at all.
> 
> While the page can always delete the old input element and create a new 
> one, that is much more complicated. Especially if the element has event 
> listeners or user data associated with it.
> 
> Setting it to the empty string works in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. It 
> does not appear to work in IE or Opera.

Done.

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