Stats Date picker is inconsistent in its behavior
Context and steps to reproduce
Context and steps to reproduce:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/56405117-3478-4476-bab5-bd394e0bcf39
On a Stats page in the WordPress.com Dashboard at Stats
I am testing the date picker in order to try to select a one week period. Intuitively, I imagine that I can:
- Click 'Custom Range'
- Pick my starting date
- Pick my ending date
The path to doing so, is inconsistent in how to make this selection
Firstly, when I select 'Custom Range' it is not evident that this is the selection enforced, until I click on a day. Once I do, I thought I could click on the first date, then click on the second date, and the date picker will intuitively assume that the first date I choose is the starting date and the second one I click on is the ending date.
It continues to default to the first date, for selection, so that I am unsure how to get a 'range' but I am already in 'Custom Range' at that point.
In the video above, I was able to, at some point to just select first, then second date, to get a range, but I was not able to identify why this happened suddenly, when it was not happening at first.
Site owner impact
Fewer than 20% of the total website/platform users
Severity
Moderate
What other impact(s) does this issue have?
No revenue impact
If a workaround is available, please outline it here.
No response
Platform
Simple, Atomic
Source: Automattic/wp-calypso