[e] (0) Make placeholder='' and autofocus='' work better together

Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=26194 Affected topics: HTML git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@8734 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Aug 29, 2014 · 468ff6a · 468ff6a
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@@ -36788,8 +36788,13 @@ <h6 id=the-placeholder-attribute>4.10.5.3.10 The <code id=the-placeholder-attrib
 
 
 
-  <p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having <a href=#strip-line-breaks id=the-placeholder-attribute:strip-line-breaks>stripped line breaks</a> from it, when the element's <a href=#concept-fe-value id=the-placeholder-attribute:concept-fe-value>value</a> is the empty string or the control is not <a href=#focused id=the-placeholder-attribute:focused>focused</a> (or both),
-  e.g. by displaying it inside a blank unfocused control and hiding it otherwise.</p>
+  <p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having <a href=#strip-line-breaks id=the-placeholder-attribute:strip-line-breaks>stripped line breaks</a> from it, when the element's <a href=#concept-fe-value id=the-placeholder-attribute:concept-fe-value>value</a> is the empty string, especially if the control is not <a href=#focused id=the-placeholder-attribute:focused>focused</a>.</p>
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+  <p>If a user agent normally doesn't show this hint to the user when the control is
+  <a href=#focused id=the-placeholder-attribute:focused-2>focused</a>, then the user agent should nonetheless show the hint for the control if it
+  was focused as a result of the <code id=the-placeholder-attribute:attr-fe-autofocus><a href=#attr-fe-autofocus>autofocus</a></code> attribute, since
+  in that case the user will not have had an opportunity to examine the control before focusing
+  it.</p>
 
 
 

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -36788,8 +36788,13 @@ You cannot submit this form when the field is incorrect.</samp></pre>
 
 
 
-  <p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having <a href=#strip-line-breaks id=the-placeholder-attribute:strip-line-breaks>stripped line breaks</a> from it, when the element's <a href=#concept-fe-value id=the-placeholder-attribute:concept-fe-value>value</a> is the empty string or the control is not <a href=#focused id=the-placeholder-attribute:focused>focused</a> (or both),
-  e.g. by displaying it inside a blank unfocused control and hiding it otherwise.</p>
+  <p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having <a href=#strip-line-breaks id=the-placeholder-attribute:strip-line-breaks>stripped line breaks</a> from it, when the element's <a href=#concept-fe-value id=the-placeholder-attribute:concept-fe-value>value</a> is the empty string, especially if the control is not <a href=#focused id=the-placeholder-attribute:focused>focused</a>.</p>
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+  <p>If a user agent normally doesn't show this hint to the user when the control is
+  <a href=#focused id=the-placeholder-attribute:focused-2>focused</a>, then the user agent should nonetheless show the hint for the control if it
+  was focused as a result of the <code id=the-placeholder-attribute:attr-fe-autofocus><a href=#attr-fe-autofocus>autofocus</a></code> attribute, since
+  in that case the user will not have had an opportunity to examine the control before focusing
+  it.</p>
 
 
 

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -47178,8 +47178,13 @@ You cannot submit this form when the field is incorrect.</samp></pre>
 
   <p>User agents should present this hint to the user, after having <span data-x="strip line
   breaks">stripped line breaks</span> from it, when the element's <span
-  data-x="concept-fe-value">value</span> is the empty string or the control is not <span>focused</span> (or both),
-  e.g. by displaying it inside a blank unfocused control and hiding it otherwise.</p>
+  data-x="concept-fe-value">value</span> is the empty string, especially if the control is not <span>focused</span>.</p>
+
+  <p>If a user agent normally doesn't show this hint to the user when the control is
+  <span>focused</span>, then the user agent should nonetheless show the hint for the control if it
+  was focused as a result of the <code data-x="attr-fe-autofocus">autofocus</code> attribute, since
+  in that case the user will not have had an opportunity to examine the control before focusing
+  it.</p>
 
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