[whatwg] Input type attribute reflection

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Magnus Kristiansen wrote:
>
> 4.10.7
> "The type attribute controls the data type (and associated control) of the
> element. It is an enumerated attribute."
> 
> "The accept, alt, autocomplete, max, min, multiple, pattern, placeholder,
> required, size, src, step, and type IDL attributes must reflect the respective
> content attributes of the same name."
> 
> 2.7.1
> "If a reflecting IDL attribute is a DOMString whose content attribute is an
> enumerated attribute, and the IDL attribute is limited to only known values
> (...)"
> 
> "If a reflecting IDL attribute is a DOMString but doesn't fall into any of the
> above categories, then the getting and setting must be done in a transparent,
> case-preserving manner."
> 
> The input section does not specify that @type is limited to only known values.
> I assume this is so to allow extensions with new input types to work properly.
> However, this also means get/set operations on .type are not allowed to
> normalize case for known values, and that the missing value default does not
> apply to .type.

Fixed.


> 4.10.7
> "The missing value default is the Text state."
> 
> 'Missing value default' is not linked to the definition. Yes, it is quite
> close to the sentence saying @type is an enumerated attribute, but there is a
> huge table between them, breaking the flow.

Yeah... I'd rather not xref that one, since that would need changes 
throughout to keep the spec consistent. It's unambiguous.

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