[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 9756] A form without a submit button unexpectedly performs its action when Return is pressed

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9756





--- Comment #12 from Dimitri Glazkov (Google) <dglazkov at chromium.org>  2010-04-16 20:15:26 PST ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> I don't think that the current HTML5 draft should influence our decision much.
> Every other major browser engine behaves differently from WebKit, and we have
> well founded complaints about WebKit behavior.
> 
> > * If this is the only text field in a form, submit the form
> > * Otherwise, do not submit.
> 
> I agree that the single-input case is inconsistent, both internally and with
> platform conventions. But WebKit is instead inconsistent with platform
> conventions in the more common case of having more than one input. And as
> explained by Edward above, the action of accidentally submitting an incomplete
> form is a dangerous one, so we shouldn't make it too easy.

Then we should change the spec :)

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