[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #24732: HTML5 required property to append or replace "aria-required"

Fri Jul 12 11:05:11 UTC 2013

#24732: HTML5 required property to append or replace "aria-required"
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 Reporter:  MMN-o        |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 I found it slightly annoying that my browser kept sending the comment
 forms on my blog even if I forgot to fill out name and email.

 Fortunately HTML5 has a property for this, 'required', which can force
 form fields to be filled before a user's browser submits the form.

 Patch is attached that adds HTML5 required statement to required fields in
 default {{{comment_form}}} function.

 It may be an idea also to entirely remove the "aria-required" property, as
 it is not really standardised.

 For what I know, Wordpress tends to have <!DOCTYPE html>, which means the
 property doesn't need to be " required='required'", but rather just "
 required".

 Both HTML5 and XHTML versions are attached.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24732>
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