<h2 dir="auto">Problem Description</h2>
<p dir="auto">This is not necessarily an issue with material ui. I am trying to integrate <code class="notranslate">TextField</code> and <code class="notranslate">DatePicker</code> by setting the type of <code class="notranslate">TextField</code> to date. This adds an icon that allows you to open a date picker like this.<br>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14262127/28425574-4fc3ba64-6d36-11e7-921e-f8b7fc435cd5.png"><img width="1334" alt="screen shot 2017-07-20 at 10 28 24 am" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14262127/28425574-4fc3ba64-6d36-11e7-921e-f8b7fc435cd5.png" style="max-width: 100%;"></a><br>
This <code class="notranslate">DatePicker</code> is not a material UI date picker though. Is there a way to hook the material ui date picker to that selection?<br>
The motivation is to let the user type the date or select it using a material ui date picker. Looks like the current date picker does not allow that functionality.</p>
<p dir="auto">The only thing preventing me to use the date picker from material-ui is the fact that the user is not capable to use keyboard to write a date.</p>
<p dir="auto">Sometimes its just faster or more suitable to just use keyboard to select dates.</p>
<p dir="auto">Imagine a scenario where the user has a form with a lot of TextFields, he can keep pressing tab and filling the form, but once he encounters a Date picker he needs to use the mouse to open the date picker... And if wants to select a really old date he will have a nightmare selecting the year... Its just not nearly as fast as just typing it.</p>
<p dir="auto">Related issue <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="190922371" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/mui/material-ui/issues/5612" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/mui/material-ui/issues/5612/hovercard" href="https://github.com/mui/material-ui/issues/5612">mui/material-ui#5612</a>.</p>