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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by joelanman on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:12PM (#22435245)
The article covers quite a few issues with type=number, including some pretty bad accessibility ones. On balance I think even if inputmode doesn't have 100% support, those users will simply get a normal keyboard, which isn't so bad. Disclaimer - I work on the team.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by vidarh on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:34PM (#22435526)
Yeah, for my current work app we've just unceremoniously dropped type=number for most things, without inputmode or anything, and the experience is overall so much better even then.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by samatman on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:41PM (#22436965)
I wish you'd use inputmode.

I find it vaguely unsatisfying when I'm asked to input a pure string of digits using a full keyboard on mobile. It feels half-baked, and my estimation of the quality of the software goes down.

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