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by rapind 1029 days ago
> Why in 2023 is this still an issue?

I mean Safari and Firefox only recently (2021) got datetime / datetime-local input support and afaik they still aren’t feature complete (html5). Date pickers have been one of the most popular / important widgets in Javascript for like the last 20 years or so. The only reason edge has it is because it’s backed by chrome (IE / MS was notorious for foot dragging in the space).
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robertoandred 1029 days ago
Date pickers will still be popular JS products because the browser native options won't match designers' requests.
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reaperducer 1029 days ago
Yeah, it took a strangely long time for Safari to get a date picker.

Now if Chrome could come onboard with hanging-punctuation{}, I'd be set!

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aitchnyu 1029 days ago
Could you confirm datetime is supported by all browsers with no usability quirks?
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rapind 1028 days ago
No. Two problems with your ask is "all browsers" and "no usability quirks", which is never the case. In general compatibility can be found here: https://caniuse.com/?search=datetime-local
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