- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:02:12 +0100
On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:26:56 +0100, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela at cs.tut.fi> wrote: > For example, consider a date picker. Quite often, whether trying to make > dates or selling flights, there is a known set of (non-consecutive) days > that are possible, so we would like to write, say, > > <input type="date" id="date" name="date" > value="2011-04-01" list="datelist"> > <datalist id="datelist"> > <option value="2011-04-01" label="April 1st"> > <option value="2011-04-08" label="April 8th"> > <option value="2011-04-09" label="April 9th"> > </datalist> > > This is currently conforming, though no browser seems to make use of the > datalist. A good implementation would open up a calendar for April, with > only days 1, 8, 9 selectable and day 1 highlighted. Many existing > applications use such interfaces, so there is apparent need for them. Agreed that we should fix this, but note that <datalist> is for additional or pre-suggested options. The idea is that the user still has choice so the other days should be selectable too. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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