[whatwg] Changing punctuation value of input element in telephone state

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
> 
> For input element in telephone state [1] specs say "User agents may 
> change the punctuation of values that the user enters." I do not really 
> get it. What is the idea ?

For example, if I enter "1 650 253-0000", the user agent is allowed to 
change that to "+1 (650) 253 0000" or "16502530000" or "+1 (650) 
253-0000". This is because such reformatting is common practice in 
telephone number entry fields.

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