HTML input elements with type date, time and datetime do not work in the Sailfish Browser. Tapping on them in order to enter a value, does not open any input interface. Try here:
The expected behaviour is to get a OS native input interface for date/time. I see that this would not be that easy to implement. I suggest to at least implement a fallback to a simple text input (maybe with a pattern attribute).
The example you gave is not a real life example. It’s a javascript-powered sandbox.
All in all, this sounds like a problem SFOS’ old browser has with many javascript-based dropdown elements. Only a browser update can fix that - or web developers stopping to chase the dragon.
Erm… The example i gave contains the following HTML element:
<input type="date" id="birthday" name="birthday">
What exactily is a “javascript-powered sandbox on that”? Do you need another example? Here’s one and here another. Build your own example, if you want. date and time inputs are regular part of HTML and not some magic from a Javascript library.
Yes, the browser should be fixed. Not sure what you mean by “web developers stopping to chase the dragon.”