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HTML Standard email input state

Documents the email input state, valid email address grammar, type mismatch constraint validation, multiple-address handling, and applicable attributes such as autocomplete, maxlength, minlength, pattern, readonly, required, and size.

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Email address entry Choose email address entry when the field value must be an email address used for contact, identity, invitation, recovery, notification, or receipt delivery. Users can type, paste, autofill, edit, select, undo, and correct the email value through native input behavior. WHATWG supports the email input state, valid email grammar, type mismatch validation, and multiple-address handling.

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