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Bug 14947 - Is the placeholder attribute only allowed on textual fields? If not, is there a specific way UAs are expected to show the value on non-textual fields?
Summary: Is the placeholder attribute only allowed on textual fields? If not, is there...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2011-11-28 12:13 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:42 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2011-11-28 12:13:01 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-input-element-attributes.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-placeholder-attribute
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-placeholder-attribute

Comment:
Is the placeholder attribute only allowed on textual fields? If not, is there
a specific way UAs are expected to show the value on non-textual fields?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-12-07 23:47:16 UTC 
It applies to Text, Search, URL, Telephone, E-mail, Password, and Number fields.