HTML5 Input Types
HTML5 introduces several new form field types – search, tel (for telephone numbers), url, email, datetime, date, month, week, time, datetime-local, number, range, and color. While browser support currently varies (if they are not supported, browsers simply present a text input), it is getting better. These new input types will greatly facilitate usability and better accessibility. For example, an <input type=”number”> might present a numbers-only keyboard, require only numbers be inserted, or alert the user if something other than a number is inserted. An <input type=”date”> might present a date picker to support easier insertion of a date. Because the date picker would be browser-provided (and presumably accessible), authors would not need to provide a date picker, something that currently requires scripting and effort to make accessible.
