Autocomplete attribute has valid value - Input type image [73f2c2]

[giacomo-petri]

• Rule: Autocomplete attribute has valid value

• URL: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/act/rules/73f2c2/#attribute-value

• Reference: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#image-button-state-(type=image)

  The following content attributes must not be specified and do not apply to the element: accept, autocomplete, checked, dirname, list, max, maxlength, min, minlength, multiple, pattern, placeholder, readonly, required, size, and step.

• Description:

  in Applicability section (exception)

  • fixed value: the element is an input element with a type attribute value of hidden, button, submit or reset; or

  Should we add also image in the type list?

  In addition, also the file type does not accept the autocomplete attribute (https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#file-upload-state-(type=file))

  The following content attributes must not be specified and do not apply to the element: alt, autocomplete, checked, dirname, formaction, formenctype, formmethod, formnovalidate, formtarget, height, list, max, maxlength, min, minlength, pattern, placeholder, readonly, size, src, step, and width.

[giacomo-petri]

+ the autocomplete attribute does not apply also to input type checkbox and radio.

[Jym77]

Yes, good catch.
Can you check all the possible input types and update the rule to list all the ones where autocomplete does not apply (+ keep hidden where it applies but with a different mantle…)?

It's probably worth to also add a Background note to explain this fixed value exception since it looks like this will be half of the input types 🤔