11060 2010-10-15 03:29:12 +0000 I see a good description for formnovalidate, but not for novalidate. I assume that novalidate exempts an individual input from validation, whereas formnovalidate is used on buttons and applies to the whole form. Is that a correct reading? This should be m 2011-08-04 05:16:54 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-fs-novalidate P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian ian jackalmage mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 41410 0 contributor 2010-10-15 03:29:12 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-fs-novalidate Comment: I see a good description for formnovalidate, but not for novalidate. I assume that novalidate exempts an individual input from validation, whereas formnovalidate is used on buttons and applies to the whole form. Is that a correct reading? This should be more clear. Posted from: 174.61.12.85 41426 1 jackalmage 2010-10-15 15:38:04 +0000 The information you need is specified right below the subheading of the section you've referenced. "The attributes for form submission that may be specified on form elements are action, enctype, method, novalidate, and target." @novalidate is placed on <form> and turns off validation for the whole thing. 43555 2 ian 2010-12-26 20:11:51 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: The two attributes seem to be defined in exactly the same way in the same paragraph. Why is formnovalidate clear but novalidate not? What would help clarify it? 53739 3 mike 2011-08-04 05:16:54 +0000 mass-move component to LC1