Alt attributes

[RSteinwand]

Hi Albert.

I use alt="required" for form validation on all my pages with forms and haven't had any trouble with it in any browser. This was a script I downloaded years ago, so it wasn't my invention.

When I add attributes with Dreamweaver, "alt" isn't available with all elements, but it is with input types.

Of course I get a bunch of warnings (that I know I could ignore ) for pages that contain forms:

The "alt" attribute does not apply for text type inputs (this control defaults to a text control because the type is not specified with the "type" attribute). The "alt", "height", and "src" attributes applies only to image buttons. Consider removing this attribute.

I know you've dropped warnings for similar items that worked and didn't cause problems. This might be another one of them.

[RSteinwand]

Hmmm.... just realized the warning goes away if I specify a type="text".

[Albert Wiersch]

I use alt="required" for form validation on all my pages with forms and haven't had any trouble with it in any browser. This was a script I downloaded years ago, so it wasn't my invention.

When I add attributes with Dreamweaver, "alt" isn't available with all elements, but it is with input types.

Of course I get a bunch of warnings (that I know I could ignore ) for pages that contain forms:

The "alt" attribute does not apply for text type inputs (this control defaults to a text control because the type is not specified with the "type" attribute). The "alt", "height", and "src" attributes applies only to image buttons. Consider removing this attribute.

I know you've dropped warnings for similar items that worked and didn't cause problems. This might be another one of them.

Hello,

I don't think this should be dropped as HTML5 specifies which attributes apply on "input" elements with a given type, so I think it is useful information. However, you should be able to right-click on the message (when displayed in CSE HTML Validator's editor) and disable the message (via the Exact Text Match option) if you want to ignore the warning.

[Albert Wiersch]

Hmmm.... just realized the warning goes away if I specify a type="text".

Hello,

I still get the warning. Perhaps you have disabled the message before? If a message is disabled using the "Exact Text Match" option, then there may be more than one message you would need to disable because the exact message text may be slightly different if you specify type="text" or omit the "type" attribute. Perhaps you disabled the message when type="text" is used but not when the "type" attribute is omitted?