Platform/Features/Input Number

Feature	Status	ETA	Owner
<input type='number'>	Content patches wrote and mostly reviewed. Layout patches TBD.	2011-06-30	Mounir Lamouri

Summary

Implementation of <input type='number'>, a form field to select a number.

See http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/number-state.html#number-state

Team

• Feature Manager: Mounir Lamouri
• Developer: Mounir Lamouri
• Product Manager:
• UX: Alexander Limi
• Accessibility: David Bolter

Release Requirements

• Follow specifications (except if on purpose)
• Have a decent native and localized UI
• Being able to style the element
• Accessible

Steps

• Review specifications
• Implement the content part
• Implement the layout part
• Use native style on GTK (GNU/Linux), MacOS X and Windows (XP to 7)
• Author styling
• Improve UX
• Localization/Internationalization
• Make sure the element is accessible

Open Issues

• Few specifications details (Mounir Lamouri)
• User eXperience details (there are currently no plans) (Alexander Limi)
• Accessibility plans (bug 559761) (David Bolter)

Related Bugs & Dependencies

Feature tracking bug: bug 344616

Designs

HTML spec: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/number-state.html#number-state

Test Plans

• Conformance tests (against specs)
• Rendering tests for layout
• Trying to have all bits of the patches tested

Goals

Have an implementation that can be used by authors as soon as it is released.

Non-Goals

We do not want to have the ideal implementation especially for the UX. This could be improved later.