[e] (0) Try to merge the fix from w3c bug 18286, but with wording tha…

…t is consistent with the next paragraph and other parts of the spec, and wording that is less ambiguous about what 'while they don't apply' binds to. Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17723 Affected topics: DOM APIs, HTML git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@7344 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Sep 13, 2012 · 641aada · 641aada
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@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ <h6 class=no-toc id=how-do-the-whatwg-and-w3c-specifications-differ?><span class
    <li>The W3C HTML specification has slightly less accurate prose,
    slightly more inconsistent style, and has some more bugs in
    examples in a few places.</li> <!-- checkins for w3c bugs 18269,
-   18266, 18250, 18222 -->
+   18266, 18250, 18222, 18286 -->
 
   </ul><p>The following sections are only published in the WHATWG
   specifications and are not currently available anywhere else:</p>
@@ -56751,13 +56751,12 @@ <h4 id=textFieldSelection><span class=secno>4.10.20 </span>APIs for the text fie
 
     </dl></dd>
 
-
   </dl><div class=impl>
 
-  <p>When these methods and attributes are used with
-  <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements while they don't apply, they must throw
-  an <code><a href=#invalidstateerror>InvalidStateError</a></code> exception. Otherwise, they must
-  act as described below.</p>
+  <p>For <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements, calling these methods while they
+  don't apply, and getting or setting these attributes while they
+  don't apply, must throw an <code><a href=#invalidstateerror>InvalidStateError</a></code> exception.
+  Otherwise, they must act as described below.</p>
 
   <p>For <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements, these methods and attributes
   must operate on the element's <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a>. For <code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code>

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@
    <li>The W3C HTML specification has slightly less accurate prose,
    slightly more inconsistent style, and has some more bugs in
    examples in a few places.</li> <!-- checkins for w3c bugs 18269,
-   18266, 18250, 18222 -->
+   18266, 18250, 18222, 18286 -->
 
   </ul><p>The following sections are only published in the WHATWG
   specifications and are not currently available anywhere else:</p>
@@ -56751,13 +56751,12 @@ out of 233&thinsp;257&thinsp;824 bytes available&lt;/meter&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
 
     </dl></dd>
 
-
   </dl><div class=impl>
 
-  <p>When these methods and attributes are used with
-  <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements while they don't apply, they must throw
-  an <code><a href=#invalidstateerror>InvalidStateError</a></code> exception. Otherwise, they must
-  act as described below.</p>
+  <p>For <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements, calling these methods while they
+  don't apply, and getting or setting these attributes while they
+  don't apply, must throw an <code><a href=#invalidstateerror>InvalidStateError</a></code> exception.
+  Otherwise, they must act as described below.</p>
 
   <p>For <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements, these methods and attributes
   must operate on the element's <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a>. For <code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code>

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
    <li>The W3C HTML specification has slightly less accurate prose,
    slightly more inconsistent style, and has some more bugs in
    examples in a few places.</li> <!-- checkins for w3c bugs 18269,
-   18266, 18250, 18222 -->
+   18266, 18250, 18222, 18286 -->
 
   </ul>
 
@@ -66249,16 +66249,15 @@ out of 233&#x2009;257&#x2009;824 bytes available&lt;/meter>&lt;/p></pre>
     </dl>
 
    </dd>
-<!--START w3c-html-->
 
   </dl>
 
   <div class="impl">
 
-  <p>When these methods and attributes are used with
-  <code>input</code> elements while they don't apply, they must throw
-  an <code>InvalidStateError</code> exception. Otherwise, they must
-  act as described below.</p>
+  <p>For <code>input</code> elements, calling these methods while they
+  don't apply, and getting or setting these attributes while they
+  don't apply, must throw an <code>InvalidStateError</code> exception.
+  Otherwise, they must act as described below.</p>
 
   <p>For <code>input</code> elements, these methods and attributes
   must operate on the element's <span