HTML5: input type=email – e-mail address input control

input type=email – e-mail address input control # T

The input element with a type attribute whose value is "email" represents a control for editing a list of e-mail addresses given in the element’s value.

Content model #

input.email = input.email.attrs

Attribute model #

input.email.attrs = common.attrs & name ? & disabled ? & form ? & type & autocomplete ? & autofocus ? & list ? & maxlength ? & pattern ? & readonly ? & required ? & size ? & placeholder ? & ((multiple & value.multiple ?) | value.single ?)?

Element-specific attributes #

type = "email": Specifies that its input element is a control for editing a list of e-mail addresses given in the element’s value.
value.multiple = emailaddresslist: A list of e-mail addresses.
value.single = emailaddress: A single e-mail address.

Assertions #

The interactive element “input” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “input” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
Any “input” descendant of a “label” element with a “for” attribute must have an ID value that matches that “for” attribute.
The “list” attribute of the “input” element must refer to a “datalist” element or to a “select” element.

Tag omission #

The input element is a void element. An input element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.phrasing