Why would you want to set maxlength as opposed to setting max?
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Steve Hoeksema <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > The current whatwg standard [1] states that maxlength is not a valid > attribute for input[type=number]. > > I built a form and tested it in Firefox, which honours the maxlength > attribute, and then found that Chrome did not. > > I thought this was a bug, so I reported it to Chromium [2], who determined > it was not a bug and referred me to whatwg. > > I'm wondering if there is a rationale for not supporting maxlength on a > number field, and if not, how I can go about having the standard changed? > > > Cheers, > > Steve > > [1] > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-input-element.html#input-type-attr-summary > [2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=253798 >
