273979 - setAttribute("value", foo) doesn't work with <input> if you modify the text inside the label

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[fabiobonelli]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041007 Galeon/1.3.18 (Debian package 1.3.18-1.1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041007 Galeon/1.3.18 (Debian package 1.3.18-1.1)

It seems that in certain conditions setAttribute() doesn't work.

Works in Opera.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load testcase.html
2. Click on "Change" button. The text in the field changes everytime
   you click on it, as expected.
3. Now write something in the text field.
4. Click on "Change" button again: the text in the field doesn't change
   anymore.

Comment 1

[fabiobonelli]

Attachment: Testcase

Comment 2

[Martijn Wargers (dead)]

This has probably something to do with the difference between the attribute
"value" and the DOM property "value".
This could very well be an invalid bug.

Comment 3

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

INVALID: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#the-defaultvalue