Bug 411 – WF2: Allow placeholder='' to be empty. No need to be overzealous in our requirements. (credit: sp)

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Bug 411 - WF2: Allow placeholder='' to be empty. No need to be overzealous in our requirements. (credit: sp)


Summary:	WF2: Allow placeholder='' to be empty. No need to be overzealous in our requi...

Status:	RESOLVED NOTREPRODUCIBLE

Product:	Validator.nu
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	General
Version:	HEAD
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

URL:	http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps/source?...

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Reported:	2009-01-04 16:53 CET by Henri Sivonen
Modified:	2011-05-19 16:09 CEST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Henri Sivonen 2009-01-04 16:53:57 CET

Index: source
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--- source	(revision 2526)
+++ source	(revision 2527)
@@ -30188,9 +30188,8 @@
   attribute represents a <em>short</em> hint (a word or short phrase)
   intended to aid the user with data entry. A hint could be a sample
   value or a brief description of the expected format. The attribute,
-  if specified, must have a value that is not the empty string and
-  that contains no U+000A LINE FEED (LF) or U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN
-  (CR) characters.</p>
+  if specified, must have a value that contains no U+000A LINE FEED
+  (LF) or U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) characters.</p>
 
   <p class="note">For a longer hint or other advisory text, the <code
   title="attr-title">title</code> attribute is more appropriate.</p>