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Re: does datepicker have to be accessible

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From: Accessibility India
Date: Feb 8, 2011 6:12AM

sorry for the blank message.. my typo..
Yes the date picker also should be accessible. We should not provide
the users of different abilities in a separate way of interacting with
the web content. Make the calender icon as a key board focusable
event. on clicking the calender icon the user should be focus to the
layer where the calender opens.
Pic the date and by entering on the date the input field should be
updated and the focus should come back to the calender icon by closing
the calander.
Clear instruction should be given to enter the date in correct format
in the input field manually.
Thankyou
Rakesh

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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