On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Max Romantschuk<[email protected]> wrote: > I really don't see a case for not allowing pattern for a textarea. The > implementation side should not be that different from the same attribute on > a text input? Except for the client side overhead of parsing a large amount > of data against a regex, what would be the drawbacks on having pattern on > textareas?
Well, if the spec authors decide NOT to support the pattern attribute on text areas, I would ask the spec authors to insert a note (normative or not) explaining the rationale. Reason: I have this funny feeling I've asked about pattern attributes on text areas before. I think the question will be raised in the future. "All of this has happened before, and it will happen again." -- "The first step in confirming there is a bug in someone else's work is confirming there are no bugs in your own." -- Alexander J. Vincent, June 30, 2001
