On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:26:56 +0100, Jukka K. Korpela <[email protected]>
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/
