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jQuery time picker

Asked 2009-01-24T22:48:27.187
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I'm looking to fill a text input with a time that the user can choose in 15 minute intervals. I know there are a few plugins out there. I was wondering if there was any “industry standard” plugin, or strong objective reasons to prefer a particular one in common scenarios.

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My advice would be not to do this. I find it bad enough being forced to use a calendar control just to enter a date, especially when not given the option to type a date which I can do way quicker than navigating yet another wacky control.

Time pickers just take this kind of UI fetish to a new extreme. Why not allow your users to either type the time or just use a couple of drop down boxes for hours and mins. Even drop down lists allow a user to just type the time. The time picker in Shog9's answer is all very nice to look at but is incredibly fiddly to use. If I was an end user having to use a data entry app and it had a control like that on the page then it's only going to slow me down and make me want to come and cut off the developers hands. :)

Think about usability first before how slick the app looks.

Just my humble opinion.

answered 2009-01-25T00:11:01.917

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