<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=draft-recommendation-—-date:-01-jan-1901>Draft Recommendation — 28 March 2009</h2>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=draft-recommendation-—-date:-01-jan-1901>Draft Recommendation — 30 March 2009</h2>
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attribute represents a 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 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><a href=#the-title-attribute>title</a></code> attribute is more appropriate.</p>
<dfn id=dom-textarea-required title=dom-textarea-required><code>required</code></dfn>, <dfn id=dom-textarea-rows title=dom-textarea-rows><code>rows</code></dfn>, and <dfn id=dom-textarea-wrap title=dom-textarea-wrap><code>wrap</code></dfn> attributes must
<a href=#reflect>reflect</a> the respective content attributes of the same
name. The <code title=dom-textarea-cols><a href=#dom-textarea-cols>cols</a></code> and <code title=dom-textarea-rows><a href=#dom-textarea-rows>rows</a></code> attributes are <a href=#limited-to-only-positive-non-zero-numbers>limited
to only positive non-zero numbers</a>. The <dfn id=dom-textarea-maxlength title=dom-textarea-maxLength><code>maxLength</code></dfn> DOM
enctype="" one, probably). This would allow forms to be used
with XHR-like systems without having to manually construct the
form data set the way that is done today.
XXX * placeholder="" for <textarea>, e.g. as seen on: