Date Pickers: Where Calendars Go to Get Complicated
I have come across more and more date pickers that are not usable. Date pickers on mobile are where good UX goes to quietly suffer. You tap the little calendar icon and suddenly half your screen is a popup, the other half is the keyboard, and the actual date you’re trying to pick is hidden behind both.
Typing the date manually? The keyboard covers the input. Scrolling through years? Your thumb cramps before you reach 1995. Picking a date range? Pray. The “from” and “to” fields collapse, expand, and occasionally swap places for fun.
This is a perfect example of how something labeled an accessibility issue is one that affects everyone. What are some of your more frustrating UX experiences?
u/joegullodigital — 3 days ago