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Bug 16284 - Why must the (form)action attribute be a "valid non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces" when the form submission algorithm allows them to be empty, resolving to the document's address? Shouldn't they be "Valid URL potentially surrounded by spaces"
Summary: Why must the (form)action attribute be a "valid non-empty URL potentially sur...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2012-03-09 12:57 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2012-07-18 18:42 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2012-03-09 12:57:16 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/association-of-controls-and-forms.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#attr-fs-action
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#attr-fs-action

Comment:
Why must the (form)action attribute be a "valid non-empty URL potentially
surrounded by spaces" when the form submission algorithm allows them to be
empty, resolving to the document's address? Shouldn't they be "Valid URL
potentially surrounded by spaces"?

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Comment 1 Ms2ger 2012-03-09 19:55:54 UTC 
You seem not to understand the distinction between author and UA requirements; this is explained it the introduction.