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Number inputs
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2019–2022), in 3 threads.
People raised many different problems with Number inputs, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Number input's validation and error display clash with custom form designs and wastes developer time2022-09-16
- Scrolling the page accidentally changes number input values2022-09-15
- Phone number fields are painful to format because of many format variations2022-09-15
- Stepper buttons are too small for people to click accurately2022-09-15
- Number input spinboxes are used inappropriately on desktop, hurting usability2022-04-01
- Pattern workaround gives Android users no numeric keyboard row, leaving them without digits2019-03-24