Hi,
It may be this way because the screen reader user has to do nothing special to see the surrounding content, and any instructions in the date picker.
Thanks.
Jim
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Jim Homme,
Team Lead and Accessibility Consultant,
Bender HighTest Accessibility Team
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.,
412-787-8567,
jhomme@benderconsult.com
http://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
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From: Bolena, Zachary [mailto:Zachary.Bolena@Schwab.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 8:55 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Cc: W3C WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Should Datepickers be treated as a Modal Dialog?
Hello All,
Every example of an “accessible” date picker I have looked at online does not treat the datepicker as a modal dialog. Is this because it is not a seen as a modal dialog but rather a specific task based widget? Should the datepicker container <div> take on the same characteristics as a modal such as hiding the background from screen readers when the datepicker calendar is active?
Thank you,
Zachary Bolena
Senior Manager of Accessibility for User Experience
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
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