Use input=date
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I found this project via https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2021/07/06/making-all-forms-on-gov-uk-accessible-easy-to-use-and-quick-to-process/ and https://govuk-form-builder.netlify.app/form-elements/date-field/ concerned me since it's quite a needlessly complex implementation to collect date especially when https://caniuse.com/input-datetime is very well supported.
Hi Kai. Thanks for getting in touch. This repository is just a library that implements the form functionality outlined in the GOV.UK Design System in Ruby on Rails, the actual design work is dicussed and carried out in the design system, backlog and frontend repos.
There is a date picker component currently in the backlog, and many services have implemented their own, but the HTML5 date pickers fall short on the accessibility front in many ways, especially on desktop.
- https://www.hassellinclusion.com/blog/input-type-date-ready-for-use/
- https://www.webaxe.org/accessible-date-pickers/
If you're building a service and your user research finds that the built-in picker is suitable and works for your users, by all means go for it. The design system is very much a starting off point rather than a set of absolutes.
Going to close this as I think it's been answered and there's enough info above to find the relevant info from upstream sources.