inputmode numeric on IntegerField by default

[laureanorp]

Suggestion, not issue

Hello everyone!

Context: When using 'inputmode': 'numeric' in render_kw of a field, that field will pop up a special, number-only keyboard on smartphones. It doesn't affect desktop websites as far as I know.

It came to my attention that the class IntegerField doesn't include the render_kw 'inputmode': 'numeric' by default, but it has to be added manually. Is this a design decision? I think it would be an accesbility/usability improvement if this was included by default.

Thanks in advance for your response.

[azmeuk]

At least with firefox on mobile, the numeric input mode is implied by <input type="number"> without the need to use inputmode. I am not sure if this behavior is part of the spec or not. MDN does not say much about this on the inputmode and input type="number" pages. I have not checked with other browsers, did you?

[laureanorp]

Yeah I just checked and I was wrong, even if the 'inputmode': 'numeric' argument is not added, the input number will pop up the correct keyboard by default on mobile. Thanks!

On the input type number docs I can also see: