[Webtest] [webtest][JIRA] Created: (WT-24) type="text" is required by Webtest, but not the HTML spec

[Darren Davison (JIRA)]

type="text" is required by Webtest, but not the HTML spec
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         Key: WT-24
         URL: http://webtest-community.canoo.com/jira/browse/WT-24
     Project: WebTest
        Type: Bug
    Reporter: Darren Davison



Unless I read it wrong, it looks from the HTML spec that <input> fields don't have to specify type="text" as this is the default.  Webtest fails to find any such field in a form however with the message;

No form found with text field named "Foo"

If the HTML is modified to explicitly add the missing type="text" to the input tag, then webtest will find the field.

At least one application platform that we use generates HTML from its native and proprietary form building interface, and for text fields it always opts to leave the type attribute out.  This makes our webapps running on this server impossible to test with webtest.

As it does seem to be allowed by the spec, are there any plans to address this issue in a future release?

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