This will help Android users by telling on-screen keyboards to open in numeric input mode. This used to be true sort of by accident, until bug 638143. But in bug 638143 comment 0, Mounir indicated that it would be okay to add an explicit type="number" to this widget.

Comment on attachment 607867 [details] [diff] [review] patch Review of attachment 607867 [details] [diff] [review]: ----------------------------------------------------------------- It's a bit tricky because doing that will create an ugly UI when <input type='number'> will be implemented which means numberbox will have to style the internal <input type='number'> to remove its spin buttons. That would work but I don't really like it. I wonder if we shouldn't work on this proposal instead? https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12885

(In reply to Mounir Lamouri (:volkmar) (:mounir) from comment #1) > I wonder if we shouldn't work on this proposal instead? > https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12885 Yes, that would be perfect for our (Fennec's) use case.

BTW, I thought Fennec wasn't using XUL anymore. Why is that needed then?

(In reply to Mounir Lamouri (:volkmar) (:mounir) from comment #3) > BTW, I thought Fennec wasn't using XUL anymore. Why is that needed then? This is used in the Fennec add-on manager, for add-ons that include an options.xul file.