Clear input button for text inputs

[adickson]

Would it be possible to add a feature request for an optional clear button on text fields as per the search field clear button?

[toddparker]

We've discussed this and will add an option to add a cear button to any of the single line text inputs.

[fletom]

Awesome, I'm really glad to hear this.

[fletom]

Has there been any progress on this yet?

[toddparker]

Since this a new feature, it's not as high a priority as other, core things. We'll see what we can do.

[toddparker]

Added to the feature request wiki page:
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-mobile/wiki/Feature-Requests

[ray007]

I guess it's too much to hope there's a patch or something to try this until it finds it way into mainline?

[ryanilg]

Any update on this feature?

[toddparker]

We'll look at adding this to 1.3. Re-opening.

[efesar]

I have a quick and simple workaround until this feature is in the stable version. In your HTML markup, use type="search" in your input tag. After your page has been initialized (best to catch it in the "pageshow" event), change the property type from "search" to "email" or "password" or whatever you need. Hide the search icon if you need to by overriding its CSS. It works like a charm.

[toddparker]

We're adding this soon for 1.3. Looking for input on the option name - data-clear-btn="true"?

[ryanilg]

Sounds good to me.