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Make inputting dates quicker for power users
Currently on Android, inputting dates must be done via the calendar. There are two issues with this:
- if you know what you're doing, it may be quicker just to type in the date directly as a string
- if using the picker:
- for some types of dates, it's more appropriate to select year -> month -> day-of-month than to start at a calendar view with today's month
1 would be much improved if the calendar dialog was triggered by a separate button, rather than by direct clicks on the text field.
Current:
some date: [_____textfield,_but_click_here_to_trigger_dialog_______]
Desired:
some date: [_textfield:_allow_text_input_] [_click_here_for_dialog_]
Related: #2272. Ideally we would fix both for Android and on desktop at the same time.
Hi @browndav,
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Let's do this. Giving users the option of typing or using the widget seems like a clear win to me. We have to check to make sure the library we're using supports this.
