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Bad value “street-address” for attribute “autocomplete” on element “input”: The autofill field name “street-address” is not allowed in this context.
The value street-address cannot be used for attribute autocomplete on an <input> element. As this kind of autofill is oriented for multi-line inputs (as in the expected format for addresses), consider using a <textarea> element instead, like in this example:
<textarea name="address" autocomplete="street-address"></textarea>Read more about the autocomplete attribute.
Related W3C validator issues
The autocomplete attribute is not valid on input types that do not return numeric or text data, being valid for all input types except checkbox, radio, file, or any of the button types.
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The maxlength attribute can be used on an input element to define a client-side validation for the maximum length allowed on an input without resorting to JavaScript.
This attribute is only allowed on elements of type email, password, search, tel, text, or url.
The pattern attribute is only allowed on input whose type is email, password, search, tel, text or url. Check the type used, and consider changing to one of the allowed types to enable pattern client-side validation.
The pattern attribute is a handy way of adding client-side validation on HTML forms without resorting to JavaScript. Check out this article to learn more about Input Pattern.
The <textarea> element does not have a type attribute.
The HTML <textarea> element represents a multi-line plain-text editing control, and is useful when you want to allow users to enter a sizeable amount of free-form text, for example a comment on a review or feedback form.
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The value company is not a valid option for the autocomplete attribute on an <input> element. You may use the organization value instead, as it can be used for “company name corresponding to the person, address, or contact information in the other fields associated with this field”.
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The value contact is not a valid option for the autocomplete attribute on an <input> element.
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The max attribute on an <input> element does not accept an empty string.
The max attribute defines the maximum value that is acceptable and valid for the input containing the attribute.
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The correct way to disable autocomplete is using the value off.
Example:
<form autocomplete="off">Learn more:
The correct way to disable autocomplete is using the value off.
Example:
<input type="text" name="firstName" id="firstName" required autocomplete="off" />Learn more:
<input> elements can’t have a search role. Instead, try with <input type="search">.
<input> elements of type search are text fields designed for the user to enter search queries into. These are functionally identical to text inputs, but may be styled differently depending on the user agent.
The search role is a landmark. Landmarks can be used by assistive technology to quickly identify and navigate to large sections of the document. The search role is added to the container element that encompasses the items and objects that, as a whole, combine to create search functionality. When a <form> is a search form, use the search role on the form.
Example of a search form:
<form role="search">
<label for="search-input">Search this site</label>
<input type="search" id="search-input" name="search">
<input value="Submit" type="submit">
</form>Learn more:
The value tel-national cannot be used on the attribute autocomplete of an <input> element of type tel. Either change to type="text", or use autocomplete="tel". Examples:
<!-- Using autocomplete "tel-national" on type "tel" is invalid -->
<input name="phone1" type="tel" autocomplete="tel-national" />
<!--Using autocomplete "tel-national" on type "text" is valid -->
<input name="phone2" type="text" autocomplete="tel-national" />
<!--Using autocomplete "tel" on type "tel" is valid -->
<input name="phone3" type="tel" autocomplete="tel" />Read more about the autocomplete attribute.
The accept attribute may be specified to provide browsers with a hint of what file types will be accepted on an <input> element. It expects a comma-separated list of allowed file types. Refer to the list of media types to check the accepted tokens. In this example, the first line is invalid while the second is valid:
<input name='file' type='file' accept='doc, docx, pdf' />
<input name='file' type='file' accept='text/doc, text/docx, application/pdf' />
input elements can be of different types but zip is not one of the allowed. Consider using a generic type like text instead.
The aria-hidden attribute is redundat on an input of type hidden, so it should be removed.
Example:
<!-- Instead of this... -->
<input type="hidden" aria-hidden="true" id="month" value="10" />
<!-- You can just use this -->
<input type="hidden" id="month" value="10" />
An element with role=button can’t have an input element as descendant.
The ARIA role button can be added to an element to make it behave like a <button> – just like a <button> is not allowed to contain other <input> elements as descendants, any element with this role is not allowed to contain them either.
All these examples in the following code will raise a similar issue:
<div role="button">
<input type="checkbox" />
</div>
<button>
<input type="checkbox" />
</button>
<a>
<input type="checkbox" />
</a>Learn more:
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