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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Tue, Apr 30 2013 4:17PM
Subject: query Calendar Control
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Yes they should be separate I think if it starts the date picker
automatically then the user may not be able to understand what to do as
quickly let me clarify that all I tested is the edit field not the picker.
As you were asking about the mask

Lucia Greco
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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Angela French
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:09 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control

Lucy, do you think it would be bothersome to have the datepicker
automatically launched upon tabbing into the date field? We are trying to
decide which way works best for everybody.

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> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Lucy Greco
>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:05 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control
>
>That worked well no problem that time it does not cause any access
>problems
>
>Lucia Greco
>Web Access Analyst
>IST-Campus Technology Services
>University of California, Berkeley
>(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
>http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
>Follow me on twitter @accessaces
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>[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Greg Gamble
>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:01 PM
>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control
>
>The example is a very plain input field with no labeling or anything
>else ... it's just a test of the mask and the Datepicker.
>Patrick and Don ... yes, what you see is the default mask. Here is an
>updated example with a label.
>
>http://jsfiddle.net/YUWMc/8/embedded/result/
>
>
>Greg
>
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>Burke
>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:44 PM
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>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control
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>Similar experience to Lucy. However, in Firefox I get a little
>__/__/____ indicator on the field (before entering Forms Mode). Is that
the mask? ...
>
>Patrick
>
>At 02:28 PM 4/30/2013, Greg Gamble wrote:
>>Hello All,
>>I've created a form that has a field for inputting a date of birth.
>>I'm using the jQuery Datepicker, set to open when an icon to the right
>>of the box is clicked. Otherwise a mask is used to restrict the
>>formatting of the date to "mm/DD/yyyy".
>>
>>Here is a jsFiddle link:
>>http://jsfiddle.net/GregS/YUWMc/embedded/result/
>>
>>Anyway, my question is .. does the mask or Datepicker inhibit those
>>using a screen reader? Does it help? Is it even viewable?
>>
>>Greg Gamble
>>SBCTC - Olympia | Information Services
>>
>>
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From: Michael R. Burks
Date: Tue, Apr 30 2013 4:18PM
Subject: Re: jQuery Calendar Control
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It worked fine with the keyboard for me in Firefox.

Sincerely

Mike Burks

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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 6:10 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control

If a date picker is provided, it should be equally accessible. The reason
being, that it's not always easy to pick a specific date weeks or months in
the future accurately simply by typing it into an edit field, especially if
you need to know what day of the week is being referenced for instance.

Once I was able to trigger the calendar on your test site, the construct
looks good to me, it's just a matter of making the triggering element
accessible and ensuring that you can invoke everything from the keyboard.

If I may ask, what difficulties did you have on the bootstrap calendar? I
just tried it out, and everything appears to be working correctly. E.G After
activating the calendar icon, the Up/Down/Left/Right keys will switch dates,
PageUp/PageDown will switch months, and Alt+PageUp/Alt+PageDown will switch
years.

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From: "Angela French" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control

> Bryan, I am sighted and mouse-dependent. I tried to use the keyboard on
> your calendar and couldn't navigate around it. Perhaps I'm just too
> clumsy with a keyboard, but it begs the question, would most users just
> rather type in the date if they are provided the correct format in the
> <label> tag?
>
> Angela French
>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:54 PM
>>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control
>>
>>The IMG that is used as the triggering element is not keyboard accessible,

>>and
>>doesn't have a textual equivalent for screen reader users, which is why
>>it's not
>>being recognized.
>>
>>If it helps, you can see an example of a keyboard accessible
>>implementation at
>>http://whatsock.com/bootstrap On the Calendar tab.
>>
>>If you make it an image link, it will work better.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Greg Gamble" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>To: < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:28 PM
>>Subject: [WebAIM] jQuery Calendar Control
>>
>>
>>> Hello All,
>>> I've created a form that has a field for inputting a date of birth. I'm
>>> using the jQuery Datepicker, set to open when an icon to the right of
>>> the
>>> box is clicked. Otherwise a mask is used to restrict the formatting of
>>> the date to "mm/DD/yyyy".
>>>
>>> Here is a jsFiddle link:
>>> http://jsfiddle.net/GregS/YUWMc/embedded/result/
>>>
>>> Anyway, my question is .. does the mask or Datepicker inhibit those
>>> using
>>> a screen reader? Does it help? Is it even viewable?
>>>
>>> Greg Gamble
>>> SBCTC - Olympia | Information Services
>>>
>>>
>>> >>> >>> >>
>>>>>>>
>
> > >