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Bug 17269 - error occur in validation
Summary: error occur in validation
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: HTML Checker
Classification: Unclassified
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael[tm] Smith
QA Contact: qa-dev tracking
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Reported: 2012-05-31 11:18 UTC by upendra
Modified: 2012-05-31 11:47 UTC (History)
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Description upendra 2012-05-31 11:18:02 UTC
Error Line 58, Column 80: there is no attribute "placeholder"

…        	<input type="text" class="" name="q" id="q1" placeholder="Search Me"/>

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You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).

This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.

How to fix: check the spelling and case of the element and attribute, (Remember XHTML is all lower-case) and/or check that they are both allowed in the chosen document type, and/or use CSS instead of this attribute. If you received this error when using the <embed> element to incorporate flash media in a Web page, see the FAQ item on valid flash.
Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2012-05-31 11:47:41 UTC
That message doesn't come from the Nu validator. Put a <!doctype html> doctype on your document and validate it at http://validator.w3.org/nu instead.