The only snagola with this is how to present the sub-options. Traditionally, it's been a dropdown of selections but that won't work here because a "Change expiry" multi-edit feature requires:

A 'none' option (easy: the empty dropdown entry, or a textbox with nothing in it).
A 'now' option (easy: a dedicated dropdown entry, or a textbox that defaults to the time 'now' (ish) or more likely the time the page was last loaded).
A custom date/timestamp (Not so easy. Requires either a) a bunch of input fields like we have on the Write panel (ugh), b) a date picker (that can also permit 'empty' dates to satisfy the ability to clear the expiry), or c) a freeform textbox to type the date and time in.

I don't really want to add three new entries to the multi-edit tool (change expiry to..., reset expiry to now, and remove expiry) so I'd like some form of combined option. Lowest common denominator is a textbox with some input validation on it or textbox that has type="datetime" and hope that the browser handles it well.

In theory, a native browser date picker solves everything, as it allows an arbitrary date, a 'today' (now) button and a 'none' button. But the kicker is that it's not so easy to type the date in, which is often faster than faffing with swiping/scrolling through years, months, days, hours, minutes, etc. Of those browsers that do permit dates to be typed, they're prescriptive on format (I believe) and only permit YYYY-MM-DD format, and possibly YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS for datetimes. Not sure: I'd need to check.

So what's the best way forward in terms of UX here? Anyone got any thoughts?

Add expire (date) to multi-edit tool #1585

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