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what input field type forces the number pad mobile keyboard to come up when focused?

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The official HTML5 way to handle phone numbers is:

<input type="tel">

You may not have liked the "strange input box" you got with Opera when you used<input type="number" />, but that really is the appropriate type of input area when you want to require visitors to enter a numeric value.

Dori 2010-07-30 04:20:37

but the "type=number" did not prompt the number pad, i'll try the tel type

Ayyash 2010-07-31 02:12:07

im using opera 10 on windows mobile 6.5, i think its got some HTML5 in it, i know ive seen <a href="tel:"> work, input type didnt work though

Ayyash 2010-07-31 02:54:38

The `type="number"` attribute isn't necessarily supposed to bring up a number pad. The question is: are you trying to force users to enter in a numeric value, or enter in a phone number? For the former, `type="number"` is what you want. For the latter, `type="tel"` (the telephone keypad, including # and *) is what you're looking for. `<a href="tel:">` isn't an input field; it's a link to dial a phone number. Example: `<a href="tel:1-408-555-5555">1-408-555-5555</a>`.

Dori 2010-07-31 05:01:56

Dori whats wrong with you? did you get pissed off i didnt choose your answer? i said INPUT TYPE=TEL DID NOT WORK, and the upper answer gave me a link that showed me what im looking for will never be supported... I had to choose an answer, sorry i hurt your feelings!

Ayyash 2010-08-04 01:42:51

@Ayyash, I'm not pissed off—I just think you're not paying attention. You asked about input in Mobile Opera. I told you how input works for the browsers installed on many 2010-era mobile phones. @fravelgue told you that many phones don't support HTML (irrelevant, because Opera does), how one type of link works (irrelevant, because they're not inputs), and about a 2001 WAP CSS specification which doesn't apply to Opera or to WAP v1 or to HTML input fields.And btw: no, you never did say that `input type=tel` didn't work for you—you said "i'll try the tel type" but never reported your results.

Dori 2010-08-05 01:48:38

yes i did, look above

Ayyash 2010-08-07 09:58:52

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type="number" is HTML5 and many phone don´t support HTML. For call link you cand use type="tel" or <A href="wtai://wp/mc;600112233">Llamame!</A>. You should look at CSS WAP extensions (page 56) too.

fravelgue 2010-07-30 10:13:48

i read that document, nothing there that makes a number pad prompt instad of alphabet, so it doesnt look like the future holds any hope for web developers :(i'll take that as a final answer

Ayyash 2010-07-31 03:05:59

Dori 2010-07-31 04:50:43

@Ayyash, sry i think i confussed with input and a. Anyway input type="number" is HTML5. You could use in iphone and android phones and i hope in future nokia browser.

fravelgue 2010-08-02 09:13:34

@Dori WAP is dead (like HTML5 kill xhtml, do you know?!). But there are many browser that only support it, and there is functions of WAP that you can use in HTML MP. Remember every country is not USA or europe.

fravelgue 2010-08-02 09:16:18

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