[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61652: Use `<input type="datetime-local">` for scheduling - performance and usability enhancement

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#61652: Use `<input type="datetime-local">` for scheduling - performance and
usability enhancement
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 Reporter:  edent                    |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor                   |     Version:  6.5.5
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  ui, accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 The native datetime inputs have extremely mixed accessibility support, so
 in order for this to be considered a viable path for accessibility we'd
 need to fully test the accessibility in every browser and compare that to
 the accessibility of the existing settings.

 The last [https://a11ysupport.io/tests/tech__html__input__input-datetime-
 local major round of accessibility testing] I'm aware of for the datetime
 inputs was a few years ago, so things may have changed since then; but
 they were notably problematic for voice command input at that time.

 We could make some minor changes to this control to support things like
 the number pad on mobile devices, but I agree with @swissspidy that major
 changes to the classic editor interface are not a priority.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61652#comment:6>
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