<input type=“number”> not working in IE10

Question

Although I'm pretty sure this was working yesterday or the day before, <input type="number" min="0" max="50" step="10" value="0" />, for example, no longer works in IE10. I've tested my browser with http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/HTML5/Forms/Default.html and it's just not working anymore. Anyone else having this issue? Or, did it never work?

Answer 1

Internet Explorer 10 supports the number input. This is evident from a cursory examination of their documentation, as well as an attempt to use it within the browser itself. For example, attempting to place a letter in a number input will result in the value being cleared when the control loses focus.

You can also feature-detect support for number by programmatically doing the aforementioned test:

// Create the element
var element = document.createElement( "input" );

// Give it the number property and invalid contents
element.type = "number";
element.value = "qwerty";

// Value should be empty
alert( element.value ? "Not Supported" : "Supported" );

Run this test: http://jsfiddle.net/VAZwT/

It may very well be that you're equating progressively-enhanced UI (the spinners) with support for the control itself. I've seen this confuse a few people already. Some browsers augment supplement the number input with additional controls, but this is not (to my knowledge) a requirement for support.

A few simple tests for min, max, and step on jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/sDVK4/show/

Answer 2

Please prefer the answer below from Sampson as it's more appropriate

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IE doesn't have support for input type="number" but you can use a polyfill to make it work.

Here is the solution : http://html5please.com/#number

Answer 3

Microsoft has validation bugs/errors still with input type=number, this is in IE11 as well.

https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/850187/html5-constraint-validation-is-broken-in-ie11-for-input-type-number

Just as I was starting to like Internet Explorer again... Hopefully they can fix this in IE12, fingers crossed

Answer 4

IE10 does not have Number support. Source: Can I use ... yet?

Just verified on our Windows 8 test machine, there is no number spinner on their test drive site in IE10.