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Re: Date Picker feedback now works equally across IE FF andSafari for desktop and mobile screen readers

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: Jun 23, 2014 12:25PM

I don't have either of these personally to test this, but there is no reason why it shouldn't.

Basically, when the Calendar icon is activated, focus is automatically set within the date picker upon the current date, allowing
the date picker to handle all standard keyboard interactions.

So using the Mac, if ARIA support is handled in the same manner as within iOS using VoiceOver, using the assigned keystrokes should
convey the same feedback.

Similarly, using Dragon, once the date picker is opened, it should then be possible to voice the desired commands like so:
'press up' or 'press down' to navigate by week.
'press left' or 'press right' to navigate by day.
'press home' or 'press end' to navigate to the beginning or end of a week.
'press pageDown' or 'press pageUp' to navigate by month.
'press enter' to save a date and close the date picker.
'press escape' or 'press tab' to cancel and close the date picker without saving.

It would be great to get feedback from those who can verify this functionality personally though.