21708 2013-04-16 04:54:01 +0000 Errors with input element: readonly not accepted for type=text, defaulting of type not allowed 2015-08-23 07:07:40 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML Checker General unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 jukka.k.korpela mike+validator mike www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 86268 0 jukka.k.korpela 2013-04-16 04:54:01 +0000 <!DOCTYPE html> <title>Sample 1</title> <input type=text readonly> This causes the error message “Attribute readonly not allowed on element input at this point.” The explanation that follows lists readonly as allowed when type is text, as it of course is. <!DOCTYPE html> <title></title> <input readonly> This causes the error message “Element input is missing one or more of the following attributes: type.” There is apparently something odd with readonly for type=text: when the type attribute is specified explicitly, readonly is not allowed; and when readonly is specified, defaulting of type is not allowed. <input type=search readonly> validates OK, and so does <input>. Validator.nu does not have this bug. 86271 1 mike 2013-04-16 06:34:51 +0000 https://bitbucket.org/validator/syntax/commits/a44fd5d89a88c728742ef17d659fe8733aff71dd and pushed to the W3C validator Thanks for catching this