This page tracks ongoing documentation work in the MDN HTML section. Feel free to contribute!
Summary
| Pages | No tags | Needs* tags | Missing tags | Editorial reviews | Technical reviews | Outdated pages | Dev-doc-needed bugs | Documentation requests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | 0 (0%) | 16 (9%) | 0 (0%) | 12 (7%) | 12 (7%) | 15 (9%) | 6 (4%) | 31 (17%) |
See also localization status of this section.
Needs* tags
Found 16 pages. Learn more about how to deal with meta-tags.
- NeedsExample
- NeedsBrowserCompatibility
- NeedsMobileBrowserCompatibility
- NeedsCompatTable
- NeedsBrowserAgnosticism
- NeedsContent
- NeedsNewBrowserCompatTable
Editorial reviews
Found 12 pages. Learn more about how to do an editorial review.
Technical reviews
Found 12 pages. Learn more about how to do a technical review.
Outdated pages
Found 15 pages. These pages haven't been updated in over a year. Outdated pages can have problems with both content and format. Look at these pages and consider: Is this page talking about the Web of today? Does it look consistent with newer pages in this topic area? If not, make any needed changes.
- spellcheck
760 days old - style
408 days old - translate
744 days old - HTML documentation index
755 days old - <dir>
880 days old - <frame>
1008 days old - <frameset>
824 days old - <input type="datetime">
397 days old - <listing>
1173 days old - <noframes>
1173 days old - <plaintext>
989 days old - <spacer>
1173 days old - <tt>
1173 days old - <xmp>
1173 days old - HTML reference
396 days old
Dev-doc-needed bugs
Found 6 bugs. Learn more about how to resolve a dev-doc-needed bug.
| Bug | Summary | Release |
|---|---|---|
| 640953 | Apply spec changes to <progress> (if needed) | --- |
| 946398 | Flip the pref to enable <input type=number> | mozilla29 |
| 930277 | Flip the pref to enable <input type=color> for Linux/Gtk, Windows and Mac OS | mozilla28 |
| 261037 | overflow property not implemented on fieldset | mozilla27 |
| 884332 | Limit <input type='email'>'s value to have labels of 63 chars max | mozilla26 |
| 717181 | Make <fieldset> invalid if they contain an invalid form control | mozilla26 |
Browse as bug list.
Documentation requests
Found 31 bugs. Documentation request bugs can contain various kinds work related to MDN pages. Read through the bug and ask questions in the bug if in doubt.
| Bug | Summary |
|---|---|
| 521391 | [HTML5] Provide a dev doc explaining how to avoid speculation failures |
| 819656 | Convert all samples of the HTML Reference to Live Samples |
| 819659 | Translations of HTML Reference must use updated Live Samples |
| 819665 | Translations of HTML Tutorials must use updated Live Samples |
| 853969 | Write documentation for Microdata |
| 861235 | [meta] Clean up the <input> doc |
| 866430 | Documentation for the <input type=time> implementation |
| 866440 | Documentation for the <input type=date> implementation |
| 866457 | Documentation for the <input type=number> implementation |
| 945041 | need a devmo page on favicon guidance |
| 961626 | Document members of GlobalEventHandlers mixin |
| 974432 | Create a page about URL encoding |
| 1048748 | Document HTMLFontElement |
| 1050937 | [META] Thoroughly document HTML <picture> element |
| 1214587 | Get rid of .htmlelt in fr pages |
| 1214589 | Remove the Christmas tree decoration in en-US HTML reference pages |
| 1244093 | html input prop autocomplete with random string doesn't disable autocomplete in chrome 47 |
| 1247613 | Document rel=noopener |
| 1249360 | Hey, I was just going through the CSS Tutorial and found that at the end of it, there was a link to SVG and CSS which was already covered. So I guess it might have put wrongly there. If possible please change the link. Thanks |
| 1255429 | Implicit sectioning example incorrect |
| 1256957 | HTML forms guide normative reference links to a page that no longer exists |
| 1276005 | clarify value attribute in <button> tag |
| 1279180 | The HTML element reference for object says 'permitted content' is deviceid elements, not param elements as elsewhere stated. Am I wrong, or is it? |
| 1283815 | Move HTML compat data to a JSON DB |
| 1285799 | HTMLIFrameElement lists a lot of Firefox OS specific methods |
| 1298625 | Date and Time picker tutorial link on <input type="date"> page goes to Buttons tutorial instead. |
| 1304356 | Document autocomplete event |
| 1315087 | HTML <th> elements support Flow content with exceptions, not strictly Phrasing content |
| 1320478 | Documentation for HTML <meta> element: typo in Notes for 'name' attribute |
| 1321351 | Write docs about schema.org |
| 1332072 | Missing documentation for <rb> element |
Browse as bug list.
Localizations
Please help us to localize this documentation into different languages. Read more about how to translate.
| Language | Pages | Translated | Translations up to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| af | 185 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| bn-BD | 185 | 44 (23%) | 8 (18%) |
| ca | 185 | 14 (7%) | 1 (7%) |
| de | 185 | 94 (50%) | 34 (36%) |
| es | 185 | 159 (85%) | 68 (42%) |
| fa | 185 | 8 (4%) | 2 (25%) |
| fr | 184 | 184 (100%) | 183 (99%) |
| it | 185 | 45 (24%) | 4 (8%) |
| ja | 185 | 167 (90%) | 63 (37%) |
| kab | 183 | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| ko | 185 | 118 (63%) | 17 (14%) |
| nl | 185 | 10 (5%) | 2 (20%) |
| pl | 185 | 49 (26%) | 3 (6%) |
| pt-BR | 185 | 89 (48%) | 19 (21%) |
| pt-PT | 185 | 6 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| ro | 185 | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) |
| ru | 183 | 38 (20%) | 17 (44%) |
| zh-CN | 185 | 113 (61%) | 47 (41%) |
| zh-TW | 185 | 22 (11%) | 10 (45%) |
The <picture> project
HTML has defined the way to deal with responsive images and similar image selections problems. Mainly they decided to add a new element, <picture>, and a new srcset attribute.
Project plan
[Not started]Add<picture>[Review n eeded]AddsrcsetExtend[Not started]<source>Update[Not started]<img>,<video>and<audio>[Not started]AddHTMLPictureElement[Not started]ExtendHTMLSourceElement[Not started]UpdateHTMLImageElement,HTMLVideoElement,HTMLAudioElement[Not started]Add a tutorial about how to use the<picture>element and thesrcsetattribute[Done]Update HTML Elements listUpdate HTML Element List page[Not started][Not started]Update HTML Attribute list
Notes
Tagging standard
- TBD
Other tasks to do
- TBD
Tutorial to-do list
- TBD
Notes for translators
Any notes here? Where do we expect updates, so that localizers don't translate and update too often?
Specifications
The following specifications are tracked by this status page:
TBD