12256 2011-03-06 14:19:48 +0000 <input type=number value=""> should be valid? 2011-08-04 05:02:39 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED FIXED http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-input-value P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian annevk ian jonas mike philipj public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 46434 0 contributor 2011-03-06 14:19:48 +0000 Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-input-element.html Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-input-value Comment: <input type=number value=""> should be valid? Posted from: 81.234.240.242 by philip@foolip.org User agent: Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Presto/2.8.115 Version/11.10 46435 1 philipj 2011-03-06 14:23:49 +0000 From http://validator.nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fhtml5.org%2Ftools%2Fweb-apps-tracker : "Error: Bad value for attribute value on element input: The empty string is not a valid floating point number." The offending markup: <input id=from type=number min=1 value="" name=from required> The reason this was output was the template code in trackerlib.py: <input id=from type=number min=1 value="%s" name=from required> Unless there's any harm in allowing value="" here, maybe we should allow it? 46436 2 philipj 2011-03-06 14:34:18 +0000 Anne found the relevant part of the spec: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/number-state.html#number-state "The value attribute, if specified, must have a value that is a valid floating point number." 46446 3 annevk 2011-03-07 07:07:00 +0000 This also applies to type=date and several others. I think we should allow the empty string value everywhere. 46897 4 jonas 2011-03-22 00:32:46 +0000 Agreed. Given that the empty value is a valid value (unless the element is required of course), it seems surprising that the empty attribute value isn't valid. 48291 5 ian 2011-05-07 19:07:23 +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: Accepted Change Description: see diff given below Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments. 48292 6 contributor 2011-05-07 19:07:39 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r6118. Check-in comment: Allow controls to be given a missing value explicitly (<input type=number value=''> for instance) http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6117&to=6118 52562 7 mike 2011-08-04 05:02:39 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1