[whatwg] Interaction between @multiple, @pattern and @list

[Ian Hickson]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> 
> However, for <input type=email multiple pattern=".*@company.com"> the 
> pattern is applied to the value as a whole, rather than to the 
> individual addresses. This seems less useful. It can be worked around 
> using more complex patterns, such as pattern=".*@company.com(, 
> .*@company.com)*". This works but is pretty clumsy. It also gets worse 
> for situations like pattern=".*@(company.com|parner.com)(, 
> .*@(company.com|partner.com))*".
> 
> I suggest that when pattern and multiple are both applied on a control, 
> that the pattern is applied to each individual component of the value, 
> rather than the value as a whole.

Done.

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