On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Smylers <smyl...@stripey.com> wrote: > Perhaps specifying certain autocomplete types could set defaults for > pattern and inputmode? So for this example autocomplete=cc-num would, if > pattern isn't specified, imply pattern=\d{16}, and equivalently for > inputmode?
That would be surprising, because autocomplete is just a hint, while pattern doesn't allow form submission if it's not met. Also, I couldn't swear to you that all credit card numbers are actually 16 digits, or that they will forever be 16 digits, so I'm hesitant to make that connection canonical.