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by kumarajeet024 1099 days ago
But still dropdown help users to remember the date layout (MM/YY) and also it is useful in cases where it is not intuitive that you can type. Also, expiry date is always somewhere around 5 to 10 years so not a lot of scroll.
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You have to take your hand to mouse, do 4 clicks, then go back to keyboard. Not the end of the world, but it's annoying and is bad for people with. e. g. RSI.

And to remind users about date layout, you can just put MM/YYYY or MM/YY as a placeholder. Of course, if you care about your users and want to go above and beyond, you can even support both MM/YY and MM/YYYY – it's not that hard!