[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20579: Adding HTML5 Input Types default styling to bundled themes

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#20579: Adding HTML5 Input Types default styling to bundled themes
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 Reporter:  georgestephanis  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Bundled Theme    |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch        |
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Comment (by bpetty):

 Replying to [comment:34 lancewillett]:
 > No thanks ... as I mentioned earlier, it's an edge case and not
 necessary right now. We can cross that bridge when we get to it down the
 road.

 That's the point. I'm looking through a telescope at the bridge right now,
 and even if we can cross it, we'll have less options open on how we do it
 if this isn't in here now. From the point in time that this is finally
 added to the default themes, or the default themes all add
 `searchform.php` (which Twenty Twelve hasn't, at least Twenty Eleven did
 though), the next step might be waiting another 3+ years until those
 themes are in wide use before a switch to the HTML5 search input type can
 be considered again.

 It's a fix to a bug we don't have yet, but we will, and there's very few
 clean options open without making things more difficult than they need to
 be. I'm just trying to be a little pro-active and leave one more option
 open for when we get there. Without it, we might end up making less-than-
 ideal changes to support it later (probably still will for the sake of
 other themes, but it's not like adding these here is actually hurting
 anyone).

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