Currency input

[govuk-design-system]

What

Help users enter an amount of money in a specified currency.

Why

Anything else

• Read the draft guidance in Dropbox Paper
• Example: view demo here
• Get code from here

[timpaul]

This could be considered a specific implementation of a more generic prefix/suffix component. I've proposed one here

[fofr]

We're using this on Publish teacher training courses at DfE:

[joelanman]

@fofr great, do you have any research on it? For example do you ever see people try to delete the £, or add another? How does it get read out for screen readers?

[fofr]

@joelanman It's largely just worked. In a prior version we had a £ outside the box but alongside it, or in the label (eg Fee in £) – in those cases users regularly prepended an extra £.

The £ isn't pronounced but some hidden text in the label can keep the currency context, eg "Fee for UK and EU students in £".