`<datalist>` is broken in every browser, even after Chrome’s massive efforts to repurpose it for customizable native `<select>` elements.
I did a whole post on `<datalist>` in 2023, years after many folks claimed broad support:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/06/under-engineered-comboboxen.html
Heck, I use `<datalist>` as an example of why Baseline (from Google or WebDX or whomever) can’t be trusted:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/baseline-does-not-really-cover-baseline-support.html#Example
So yeah, I want everything in HTML so I can ditch unnecessary script, but that doesn’t work if you uncritically believe others’ shoddy testing / products.
#HTML
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/06/under-engineered-comboboxen.html
Heck, I use `<datalist>` as an example of why Baseline (from Google or WebDX or whomever) can’t be trusted:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/12/baseline-does-not-really-cover-baseline-support.html#Example
So yeah, I want everything in HTML so I can ditch unnecessary script, but that doesn’t work if you uncritically believe others’ shoddy testing / products.
#HTML
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