From ab7a17c971a47ceeecd7ea42cd565aceeedbcb79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 16:58:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set date input .value property directly so picker opens to
 the correct month

setAttribute only sets the defaultValue attribute; the browser date picker
uses the .value property to determine which month to show on open.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01MbwfxnjLA9KdFTrfzB55HM
---
 app/index.html | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/index.html b/app/index.html
index b7391d2..0d42c68 100644
--- a/app/index.html
+++ b/app/index.html
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ function renderLine(ln, item) {
   const baseCur = state.baseCurrency;
 
   // Row 1: Date, Vendor, Currency, FX Rate
-  const dateIn = el('input', {type:'date', value: ln.date, style:{width:'150px'}});
+  const dateIn = el('input', {type:'date', style:{width:'150px'}});
+  if (ln.date) dateIn.value = ln.date;
   if (ln.date && !isDateInPeriod(ln.date)) dateIn.classList.add('input-warn');
   dateIn.addEventListener('change', async () => {
     ln.date = dateIn.value;