HTML5: keygen – key-pair generator/input control

HTML 5: The Markup Language (ARIA Edition)

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keygen – key-pair generator/input control # T

The keygen element represents a control for generating a public-private key pair and for submitting the public key from that key pair.

Content model #

keygen = empty & keygen.attrs

Attribute model #

keygen.attrs = common.attrs & challenge ? & keytype ? & autofocus ? & name ? & disabled ? & form ??

Element-specific attributes #

challenge = string: A challenge string that is submitted along with the public key.
keytype = "rsa": The type of key generated.

Assertions #

The interactive element “keygen” must not appear as a descendant of the “a” element.
The interactive element “keygen” must not appear as a descendant of the “button” element.
Any “keygen” descendant of a “label” element with a “for” attribute must have an ID value that matches that “for” attribute.

Tag omission #

A keygen element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.phrasing

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