9579 2010-04-22 09:46:19 +0000 An element should not suffer from pattern mismatch if the pattern attribute value is the empty string 2010-10-04 14:33:14 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All RESOLVED WONTFIX http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#attr-input-pattern NE P2 normal --- 1 mounir ian annevk ian jonas mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 35212 0 mounir 2010-04-22 09:46:19 +0000 At the moment, the pattern attribute can be used for constraint validation if the pattern attribute is specified. So, having pattern="" means the element will suffer from constraint validation if it has a value different from the empty string. I think this will lead to misinterpretation, some authors will probably set the pattern attribute to the empty string to disable it and not to prevent the user to enter a value. To prevent the user to enter a value, the 'disabled' attribute should be used instead. It looks like Opera's implementation is following the current spec but Webkit's implementation isn't checking for constraint validation when the pattern attribute is the empty string. I think this shows there is an issue here. 38804 1 ian 2010-09-10 09:09:23 +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: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: This would just be magic, which leads to confusion. I don't think it would help. It's not like people aren't going to work out what's going on, or not notice it — a pattern that nothing matches will be caught pretty quickly. Please file a bug on Webkit.