NEW238545
datetime-local - hard to enter values 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238545
Summary datetime-local - hard to enter values
Jake Archibald
Reported 2022-03-30 03:44:12 PDT
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/datetime-local There's a pretty agressive timeout when entering values in this field type. Eg: 1. Highlight the year 2. Press '2', year changes to 0002 3. Wait a couple of beats, like a user who isn't massively confident with the keyboard 4. Press '0', year changes to 0001 If you don't leave a beat between steps 2 & 4, the year will be 0020, which is more expected. This is particularly problematic for the year, hour, and minute, since there isn't really a non-keyboard alternative to selecting those.
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Aditya Keerthi
Comment 1 2022-03-30 20:06:38 PDT
The current timeout is 1 second after the previous keypress, which matches the timeout used by NSDatePicker (the native date input on macOS). I agree that a slightly larger timeout would be nice, but I think we will want to continue to match the native behavior. I will need to see if there is willingness to change this behavior system-wide.
Jake Archibald
Comment 2 2022-03-30 23:20:02 PDT
I understand the aim for consistency, but it seems like that native date picker is a bit… out of date. It doesn't seem to follow modern design practices across the OS, eg the design is really tight. It's probably worth getting some internal accessibility folks to take a look at it, because someone with a motor impairment (even a temporary/situation one) will struggle to use this input.
Stephen Belovarich
Comment 3 2022-03-31 01:58:13 PDT
If Apple truly cares about accessibility then the right thing to do in this scenario is an end to end review of the date picker including NSDatePicker and making a decision based on metrics, analytical data rather than relying on historical precedent of a potentially faulty user experience to guide decision making.
Radar WebKit Bug Importer
Comment 4 2022-04-06 03:45:18 PDT
<rdar://problem/91345351>
Aditya Keerthi
Comment 5 2022-12-22 19:52:21 PST
*** Bug 249782 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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