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DateTextField maxlength idea
I have a simple data entry form with a date/time field.
My end users (web newbies) have found another interesting way to confound
the most clear and straightforward instruction I can devise regarding it's
(obvious?) use.
I watched an end user type an entire time into the hour component without
tabbing over to the minute.
So, I'd like to suggest a minor change to
extensions.yui.calendar.DateTimeField.html to add the maxlength="2" to the
current size="2" on the hour/min input controls.
I think it might be a simple way to give earlier feedback (I've found it
unwise to rely on instructions like "Please enter dates and times like
this..." ).
I know I could accomplish this for my own instances, perhaps with a copy of
this modified html in a spot higher in the classpath, or maybe an attribute
modifier someplace..., but then I thought what is the downside of making it
the default? Sure, it would impact a lot of code, but unless some locale
I don't know of has 3 digit minutes, I don't think in a negative way --- I
was suprised to find no other similar past discussion; perhaps there is
some obvious reason this isn't a good idea? I can't be the first one to
think of this, can I?
Cheers,
Jim
In case all that's not clear, here's what I mean in code:
MyPage.html
<span wicket:id="eventOn">MM/DD/YYYY [picker] HH MM [amPM]</span>
MyPage.java
add(new DateTimeField("eventOn"));
DateTimeField.html in wicket-datetime-1.5-RC5.1.jar
<wicket:panel xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
<span style="white-space: nowrap;">
<input type="text" wicket:id="date" size="12" />
<input type="text" wicket:id="hours" size="2" *maxlength="2"* />
<span wicket:id="hoursSeparator"> :</span>
<input type="text" wicket:id="minutes" size="2" *maxlength="2"* />
<select wicket:id="amOrPmChoice"></select>
</span>
</wicket:panel>
Re: DateTextField maxlength idea
Posted by Jim Pinkham <pi...@gmail.com>.
WICKET-4386 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-4386>
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Martin Grigorov <mg...@apache.org>wrote:
> Ticket please :-)
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jim Pinkham <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a simple data entry form with a date/time field.
> >
> > My end users (web newbies) have found another interesting way to confound
> > the most clear and straightforward instruction I can devise regarding
> it's
> > (obvious?) use.
> >
> > I watched an end user type an entire time into the hour component without
> > tabbing over to the minute.
> >
> > So, I'd like to suggest a minor change to
> > extensions.yui.calendar.DateTimeField.html to add the maxlength="2" to
> the
> > current size="2" on the hour/min input controls.
> >
> > I think it might be a simple way to give earlier feedback (I've found it
> > unwise to rely on instructions like "Please enter dates and times like
> > this..." ).
> >
> > I know I could accomplish this for my own instances, perhaps with a copy
> of
> > this modified html in a spot higher in the classpath, or maybe an
> attribute
> > modifier someplace..., but then I thought what is the downside of making
> it
> > the default? Sure, it would impact a lot of code, but unless some
> locale
> > I don't know of has 3 digit minutes, I don't think in a negative way ---
> I
> > was suprised to find no other similar past discussion; perhaps there is
> > some obvious reason this isn't a good idea? I can't be the first one to
> > think of this, can I?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> > In case all that's not clear, here's what I mean in code:
> >
> > MyPage.html
> > <span wicket:id="eventOn">MM/DD/YYYY [picker] HH MM [amPM]</span>
> >
> > MyPage.java
> > add(new DateTimeField("eventOn"));
> >
> > DateTimeField.html in wicket-datetime-1.5-RC5.1.jar
> > <wicket:panel xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
> > <span style="white-space: nowrap;">
> > <input type="text" wicket:id="date" size="12" />
> > <input type="text" wicket:id="hours" size="2" *maxlength="2"* />
> > <span wicket:id="hoursSeparator"> :</span>
> > <input type="text" wicket:id="minutes" size="2" *maxlength="2"* />
> > <select wicket:id="amOrPmChoice"></select>
> > </span>
> > </wicket:panel>
>
>
>
> --
> Martin Grigorov
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Re: DateTextField maxlength idea
Posted by Martin Grigorov <mg...@apache.org>.
Ticket please :-)
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jim Pinkham <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a simple data entry form with a date/time field.
>
> My end users (web newbies) have found another interesting way to confound
> the most clear and straightforward instruction I can devise regarding it's
> (obvious?) use.
>
> I watched an end user type an entire time into the hour component without
> tabbing over to the minute.
>
> So, I'd like to suggest a minor change to
> extensions.yui.calendar.DateTimeField.html to add the maxlength="2" to the
> current size="2" on the hour/min input controls.
>
> I think it might be a simple way to give earlier feedback (I've found it
> unwise to rely on instructions like "Please enter dates and times like
> this..." ).
>
> I know I could accomplish this for my own instances, perhaps with a copy of
> this modified html in a spot higher in the classpath, or maybe an attribute
> modifier someplace..., but then I thought what is the downside of making it
> the default? Sure, it would impact a lot of code, but unless some locale
> I don't know of has 3 digit minutes, I don't think in a negative way --- I
> was suprised to find no other similar past discussion; perhaps there is
> some obvious reason this isn't a good idea? I can't be the first one to
> think of this, can I?
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> In case all that's not clear, here's what I mean in code:
>
> MyPage.html
> <span wicket:id="eventOn">MM/DD/YYYY [picker] HH MM [amPM]</span>
>
> MyPage.java
> add(new DateTimeField("eventOn"));
>
> DateTimeField.html in wicket-datetime-1.5-RC5.1.jar
> <wicket:panel xmlns:wicket="http://wicket.apache.org">
> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">
> <input type="text" wicket:id="date" size="12" />
> <input type="text" wicket:id="hours" size="2" *maxlength="2"* />
> <span wicket:id="hoursSeparator"> :</span>
> <input type="text" wicket:id="minutes" size="2" *maxlength="2"* />
> <select wicket:id="amOrPmChoice"></select>
> </span>
> </wicket:panel>
--
Martin Grigorov
jWeekend
Training, Consulting, Development
http://jWeekend.com
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