Bug 723 – autocomplete="off" is incorrectly reported as an error

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Bug 723 - autocomplete="off" is incorrectly reported as an error


Summary:	autocomplete="off" is incorrectly reported as an error

Status:	CLOSED INTENTIONAL

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

Importance:	P2 normal
Assigned To:	Nobody

URL:	http://www.facebook.com/

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Reported:	2010-03-20 08:03 CET by Maciej Stachowiak
Modified:	2010-03-21 16:11 CET (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-20 08:03:07 CET

When validating www.facebook.com, autocomplete=off is reported as an error many times. AFAIK autocomplete=off is conforming HTML5.

Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2010-03-21 15:30:32 CET

(In reply to comment #0)
> When validating www.facebook.com, autocomplete=off is reported as an error many
> times. AFAIK autocomplete=off is conforming HTML5.

The instances of autocomplete=off are actually not conformant to the current HTML5 spec. They all appears to be on input/@type=hidden:

<input type="hidden" id="terms" name="terms" value="on" autocomplete="off" />

…and the spec currently explicitly states that the autocomplete attribute is not valid for input/@type=hidden:

http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/forms.html#hidden-state

"The following content attributes must not be specified and do not apply to the element: accept, alt, autocomplete..."

Comment 2 Michael[tm] Smith 2010-03-21 16:05:01 CET

closing per IRC discussion with Maciej

Comment 3 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-21 16:11:05 CET

Indeed, my mistake.