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Textfield with type="date" shows extra calendar icon in Firefox

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Description

What is affected?

Component

Description

Hi there,

when i used a textfield with type="date" it working correctly in firefox, but not working correctly in chrome or edge. I miss the date-picker from browser...

Can you help me?

Reproduction

Use a simple is working in firefox, but not in chrome or edge (date-picker from browser is missing).

Workaround

no content

Is this a regression?

No or unsure. This never worked, or I haven't tried before.

Affected versions

2.3.0

Browser/OS/Node environment

Chrome: 134.0.6998.117 (not working)
Edge 112.0.1722.48 (not working)
Firefox: 137.0.1 (working)
OS: Ubuntu 24.10
Node: 22.12.0
NPM: 10.9.0

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, then inspect the component entry point responsible for rendering date inputs. Clarify whether the expected result is the browser date picker, removal of an extra calendar icon, or both; completion should match the agreed behavior across the reported browsers.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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