Playframework: Helpers to generate HTML5 input (type="email" or type="url")?

Question

In Play 2.0 templates, there are some helpers to build form inputs: @inputText, @inputPassword, etc.

With existing helpers, I did not find a way to build HTML5 input like these:

<input type="email" ... />
<input type="url" ... />

Do I need to make my own helpers, or did I miss something?

Answer 1

Play 2.0 view helper are defined in package views.helper. HTML 5 new types are currently missing from the list. But it should be really easy to extend it yourself. See for example the @inputPassword source.

Answer 2

Seems some one already fixed this in 2.0.4. You can now do this:

@inputText(
  myform("email"),
  '_showConstraints -> false,
  '_label -> Messages("label.email"),
  'type -> "email"
)