When I set type = “phone” for a Text Box, what’s supposed to be the effect? I can still type in letters and incorrectly (US-format) formatted phone numbers. Also, the online help only references type = “number”, and the definition of type is (IMHO) rather ambiguous as to its functionality.
It’s mostly a helper for mobile devices (they’ll show a phone keypad with numbers and # and * when you select that textbox, they might also let you select a number from your contacts). It doesn’t make much of a difference on the desktop. This is also true of the “email” type as well.
“number” is slightly different, in that the text property will actually return a numerical type (float or int). This allows you to data-bind directly to numerical expressions (eg a numerical column in a data table).
Hope that helps!
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Thanks for the clarification Meredydd!
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NP; I’ve updated the docs too 