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@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ NOTE: Always use labels for checkbox and radio buttons. They associate text with
h4. Other Helpers of Interest
-Other form controls worth mentioning are textareas, password fields, hidden fields, search fields, telephone fields, date fields, time fields, color fields, URL fields and email fields:
+Other form controls worth mentioning are textareas, password fields, hidden fields, search fields, telephone fields, date fields, time fields, color fields, datetime fields, datetime-local fields, month fields, week fields, URL fields and email fields:
<erb>
<%= text_area_tag(:message, "Hi, nice site", :size => "24x6") %>
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ Other form controls worth mentioning are textareas, password fields, hidden fiel
<%= search_field(:user, :name) %>
<%= telephone_field(:user, :phone) %>
<%= date_field(:user, :born_on) %>
+<%= datetime_field(:user, :meeting_time) %>
+<%= datetime_local_field(:user, :graduation_day) %>
+<%= month_field(:user, :birthday_month) %>
+<%= week_field(:user, :birthday_week) %>
<%= url_field(:user, :homepage) %>
<%= email_field(:user, :address) %>
<%= color_field(:user, :favorite_color) %>
@@ -174,6 +178,10 @@ Output:
<input id="user_name" name="user[name]" type="search" />
<input id="user_phone" name="user[phone]" type="tel" />
<input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" />
+<input id="user_meeting_time" name="user[meeting_time]" type="datetime" />
+<input id="user_graduation_day" name="user[graduation_day]" type="datetime-local" />
+<input id="user_birthday_month" name="user[birthday_month]" type="month" />
+<input id="user_birthday_week" name="user[birthday_week]" type="week" />
<input id="user_homepage" name="user[homepage]" type="url" />
<input id="user_address" name="user[address]" type="email" />
<input id="user_favorite_color" name="user[favorite_color]" type="color" value="#000000" />
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ Output:
Hidden inputs are not shown to the user but instead hold data like any textual input. Values inside them can be changed with JavaScript.
-IMPORTANT: The search, telephone, date, time, color, URL, and email inputs are HTML5 controls. If you require your app to have a consistent experience in older browsers, you will need an HTML5 polyfill (provided by CSS and/or JavaScript). There is definitely "no shortage of solutions for this":https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills, although a couple of popular tools at the moment are "Modernizr":http://www.modernizr.com/ and "yepnope":http://yepnopejs.com/, which provide a simple way to add functionality based on the presence of detected HTML5 features.
+IMPORTANT: The search, telephone, date, time, color, datetime, datetime-local, month, week, URL, and email inputs are HTML5 controls. If you require your app to have a consistent experience in older browsers, you will need an HTML5 polyfill (provided by CSS and/or JavaScript). There is definitely "no shortage of solutions for this":https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-Browser-Polyfills, although a couple of popular tools at the moment are "Modernizr":http://www.modernizr.com/ and "yepnope":http://yepnopejs.com/, which provide a simple way to add functionality based on the presence of detected HTML5 features.
TIP: If you're using password input fields (for any purpose), you might want to configure your application to prevent those parameters from being logged. You can learn about this in the "Security Guide":security.html#logging.