When the date spans a wide possible period, like birth date, this approach doesn...

culi · on Dec 27, 2022

Right, I agree. What do you think would be a better solution?

The date picker in the image is basically the exact same as Firefox and Chrome's implementation minus some stylistic differences.[0] Most native components also look a lot like this. So this isn't just a Safari issue but an issue across web UI in general

[0] See for yourself: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/in...

masklinn · on Dec 27, 2022

> What do you think would be a better solution?

Better configurability which would let the author decide whether they want a calendar or a straight date input. Though I'm not sure iOS even supports a calendar-less date input anymore.

This is what the "date" control looked before iOS 14: https://i.stack.imgur.com/ms5tX.png

Rolling back the entire "flat" shit would probably be a good idea: before iOS 7, the control was functionally similar but had a lot more visual affordances: https://www.andyibanez.com/img/date_picker_pre_7.png

It was much clearer that the central shade is an index, and that the three fields are separate wheels. The iOS 7 picker makes it much subtler by simulating curvature, and the new sub-selector (year-month) does the same and makes the index kinda even worse by outlining it in an abstract shape: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6268177/209607212-...