I find it odd that input type="date"
is still not supported in Firefox after all of this time. In fact, I don't think they added in much (if any) of the HTML 5 new types on an input element. Not surprised that it is not supported in IE10. So, my question is…
How to get type="date"
on an input
element working without adding, yet another, .js file (namely jQueryUI
DatePicker Widget) just to get a calendar/date for only IE and Firefox Browsers? Is there something out there that can be applied somewhere (CDN perhaps?) that will make this functionality work by default in Firefox and/or IE Browsers?? Trying to target IE 8+ Browsers and for Firefox, doesn't matter, newest version (28.0) will be fine.
UPDATE: Firefox 57+ supports input type=date
Best Answer
You can try webshims, which is available on cdn + only loads the polyfill, if it is needed.
Here is a demo with CDN: http://jsfiddle.net/trixta/BMEc9/
In case the default configuration does not satisfy, there are many ways to configure it. Here you find the datepicker configurator.
Note: While there might be new bugfix releases for webshim in the future. There won't be any major releases anymore. This includes support for jQuery 3.0 or any new features.