[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28849: Customizer Range Control needs to display the current value

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#28849: Customizer Range Control needs to display the current value
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 Reporter:  andy.saint   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Customize    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Changes (by celloexpressions):

 * keywords:   => close


Comment:

 Hi,

 I think we might consider standardizing the cross-browser behavior here in
 terms of appearance in the future (along with things like date and time,
 which only Chrome supports fully), but I don't think we'd consider adding
 a display of the value.

 While this is a common practice (I've done it several times before,
 myself), I did some research when we added support for this. '''Range is
 designed to be used for fields where the exact value doesn't matter'''.
 Where the exact value does matter, `number` is probably more appropriate
 (especially if using min, max, and step) even though it isn't as fun to
 use. While the value of `range` is always represented by a number, its
 purpose isn't always numeric for the end-user. The point of `range` is to
 abstract the numeric representation of the value into something more
 visual.

 I think we should stay on the side of being more conservative with this,
 especially since our support for `range` is implicit, not explicit. And,
 you can always use a custom control or apply some JS to the standard
 control to do that.

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