Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ...
by klingonopera on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:45PM
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...at the risk of modified data? With things like credit card numbers?
I think I'm just not chill enough for that.
They want to give their users a numeric keyboard but without the downsides of a numeric textfield. Your solution seems oblivious to their goals and TFA.