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Re: does datepicker have to be accessible

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From: Accessibility India
Date: Feb 8, 2011 6:00AM

On 2/8/11, adam solomon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Scenario: a textbox meant to have a date written in it. A button next to it
> (calendar icon) which opens the datepicker to choose a date. One can enter a
> date manually into the textbox, as well. Does the datepicker need to be
> accessible, or is it enough that the user can manually enter a date into it
> without making use of the datepicker? How should the format of the date to
> be entered be communicated to a screen reader user in an unobtrusive manner?
> Thanks in advance
>
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> adam solomon
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> blogix <http://adam.blogix.co.il/>;
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