<div dir="ltr">Tried sending this the other day but not sure if it got through because my application to join the group hadn't been completed yet. Re-sending just in case.<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Chrome browser recently disabled the <b>select api</b> for inputs of type number and email:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="https://codereview.chromium.org/100433008/#ps60001" target="_blank">https://codereview.chromium.org/100433008/#ps60001</a></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
The select api is a collection of attributes and functions that allow us to get and set which portion of text a user has highlighted in an <input></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>The attributes and functions in question are:</div><div><div>select()</div><div>selectionStart</div><div>selectionEnd</div><div>selectionDirection</div><div>setRangeText()</div>
<div>setSelectionRange()</div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This change caused bugs in several libraries:</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21177489/selectionstart-selectionend-on-input-type-number-no-longer-allowed-in-chrome#" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21177489/selectionstart-selectionend-on-input-type-number-no-longer-allowed-in-chrome#</a><br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="https://github.com/KevinSheedy/jquery.alphanum/issues/19" target="_blank">https://github.com/KevinSheedy/jquery.alphanum/issues/19</a><br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-input-element.html#do-not-apply" target="_blank">spec</a> says that these properties should be available for inputs of types<b> text, search, url, telephone and password</b> but not for inputs of type <b>number or email.</b></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I'd like to request that this collection also be made available to inputs of type number and email.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Does anyone have any insight as to why these types were excluded?</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Many Thanks,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Kevin</div></div></div>