add "today" button for check_date field

[stragu]

Description

When the check_date key field (titled "Last Checked Date") is visible in the left sidebar, it would be great to have a button associated to it to easily add today's date in one click. It doesn't necessarily make sense to have that for all date fields, but for this one in particular, many people will be adding or modifying something they surveyed the same day, or simply "touching" the feature to confirm that the tags are still valid. In my case, I use the field the most for construction sites: confirming that it is still currently under construction.

The iOS application GoMap!! has this handy feature.

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[alanb43]

@jdabapo or I could get started on this, but embarrassingly after searching for a while, I could not find where the code lies for the last checked date within the iD package. If someone points me in the right direction, that would be great!

[1ec5]

The Last Checked Date field itself is defined along with all the other fields in the id-tagging-schema repository. However, that just defines the field as a standard text field. ideditor/schema-builder#76 requests a new date field type that would apply to other fields such as Start Date and provide convenient UI for selecting the date. As a temporary workaround, it might be possible to implement a special case somewhere around here:

iD/modules/ui/fields/input.js

Line 100 in 41aa127

} else if (field.type === 'number') {

[Dimitar5555]

@stragu It has been implemented. This issue can be closed.

[stragu]

Fabulous, thank you!