WICKET-4386 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-4386> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Martin Grigorov <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ticket please :-) > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Jim Pinkham <[email protected]> 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 <http://jweekend.com/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
