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htmlformsmissing-features

Which features do html form elements miss

I just wondered and wanted to gather together in one place all missing features of our beloved html form elements.
One example could be missing of horizontal scrollbar in a listbox. But I am sure there are a lot of features we would like to see in our form elements by default.
One missing feature per answer please.
Thank you.

Solution

  • Hell, they miss so many features, I wouldn't know where to begin! But here goes:

    (Missing in HTML 4, don't know about 5)

    • Full visual customizability (background colours, borders, and text colours) for all elements (including checkboxes, radio buttons, and select elements)

    • Native input validation (without needing JS) for text inputs: Numeric only, alphabetic characters only, regular expression