[EuiDatePicker] Create an EuiFieldDate for user input only

[sebastienlabine]

Hi,

This is related to #3367.

I read that the EuiDatePicker default behaviour is to force people to select a date in a calendar.

One of my use case of the calendar is to for users to select their birthday. I feel like the year selection is really not user friendly, because it takes a long time to a date for someone aged 35+.

I looked for a EuiFieldX that would allow the same validation behaviour that the EuiDatePicker, but that would only act as a field text, but didn't find any.

I think there's many use case where you would only want the user to input a date, enhance it would be great to either have a EuiFieldDate component or add a userInputOnly props in EuiDatePicker

[thompsongl]

Hey @sebastienlabine

Being able to type a date into the EuiDatePicker input is certainly something we want to support, and therefore it's unlikely that we'd create a new, separate EuiFieldDate component.
#3901 tracks the most near-term effort related to EuiDatePicker. The roadmap is not yet defined, but text entry will be on the list.

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