add an option to choose input type (e.g "email")

[boillodmanuel]

When an input type is set, angular validation does not bind the input value with the model, so it will be considered in the fix.

[Arkkimaagi]

Hey, we came across this too as we need this system to work with iOS keyboard nicely. The input type email sets the proper keyboard in iOS (and probably others) so that users do not have to look for the @ symbol.

Having the input type as an parameter helps a great deal and simply put is a no brainer as it degrades nicely to input type text in older browsers.

We also came across this validation problem and I came here looking for the solution to it.

Thank you @boillodmanuel for this patch, I really do hope that this fix gets merged asap.