On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 10:48 AM Mike Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi François, > > On 11/3/21 3:16 PM, 'François Beaufort 🇫🇷' via blink-dev wrote: > > Summary > > The HTMLInputElement showPicker() method allows web developers to > programmatically show a browser picker for temporal, color, and file inputs. > > Blink component > > Blink>Forms > <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EForms> > > Motivation > > Developers have been asking for years for a way to programmatically open a > browser date picker. See > https://www.google.com/search?q=programmatically+open+date+picker+site:stackoverflow.com > <https://www.google.com/search?q=programmatically+open+date+picker+site%3Astackoverflow.com> > > Because of that, they had to rely on custom widget libraries and CSS hacks > for specific browsers. > > This is really cool - thanks for working on it. I was just thinking about > the EyeDropper API proposal, which references input[type=color] in > https://github.com/WICG/eyedropper-api/blob/main/README.md#extending-inputtypecolor > . > > As a developer, it would be kind of nice to only have one method to keep > in my head - did you consider aligning the method name w/ the EyeDropper > API? (Also, if we did decide there was a use case for <select> > <https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6909#issuecomment-888859929>, > open() would be less awkward than HTMLSelectElement.showPicker). > These seem like good discussions to have on the spec thread, instead of a Blink-specific mailing list :). > later, > Mike > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/1b089863-3fe7-573c-a094-e5bcc1bb9aff%40chromium.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/1b089863-3fe7-573c-a094-e5bcc1bb9aff%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CAM0wra-iptiHwbwSxAEJJqSLYP%2BLJ7VpCME5PZJAH5LE8z3ToQ%40mail.gmail.com.
