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Bug 10517 - input.size should default to 20 (per IE8/WebKit), not 0 (per Gecko/Presto/current spec)
Summary: input.size should default to 20 (per IE8/WebKit), not 0 (per Gecko/Presto/cur...
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-08-31 20:33 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:56 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-08-31 20:33:31 UTC
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-size-attribute

Comment:
The size attribute should default to 20.  This is what IE8 and WebKit do;
Gecko and Presto default to 0 per spec.  20 makes more sense, because all
browsers render <input size=20> identically to plain <input>.  Test case that
alerts default input size and shows inputs next to each other with various
sizes: data:text/html,<!doctype html> <script>alert(
document.createElement("input").size );</script> <input> <br> <input size=20>
<br> <input size=30>

Posted from: 68.175.61.233
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-09-28 23:16:59 UTC
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-09-28 23:18:30 UTC
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5539.
Check-in comment: Default input.size to 20.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5538&to=5539