Chapter 2. Form creation: input widgets, data binding, and data validation

Topic	Description, methods, and so on	Page
New input types^[1]	HTML5 <input> element types
	email	42
	tel	42
	number	46
	month	49
New input attributes^[1]	HTML5 attributes on <input> elements
	required	42
	pattern	49
	autofocus	43
	placeholder	42
	min and max	46
data-* attributes	Storing key/value data in attributes on elements	46
valueAsNumber property	Reading input values in numeric format	54
<output> element	Displaying the output of calculations	47
Preventing validation	Providing means of bypassing client-side validation
	formnovalidate attribute	51
	formaction attribute	51
Constraint Validation API	Client-side API for validation
	setCustomValidity method	59
	validationMessage property	59
	invalid event	60
CSS3 pseudo-classes	Styling invalid elements with CSS3	61
Backward compatibility	Feature detection and unsupported browsers
	Modernizr.js	63
	Polyfills	64
	Validation	65

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