Update <textarea maxlength/minlength> behavior for linebreaks

The specification was updated by https://github.com/whatwg/html/commit/163703186794c21daa92cc2718218afa44f26071. Before the change, maxlength/minlength limits |value| length, not |API value| length. In <textarea>, a single linebreak is represented as CR LF in |value|, and LF in |API value|. Firefox and Edge incorrectly applied to |API value|, and WebKit and Blink correctly applied to |value|. But the specification followed Firefox and Edge.

Specification

Working draft or equivalent

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Forms>Textarea

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 55
• Chrome for Android release 55
• Android WebView release 55
• Opera release 42
• Opera for Android release 42

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped
• Edge: Shipped
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Mixed signals

Owner

• tkent@google.com

Last updated on 2017-06-14