RE: Should Datepickers be treated as a Modal Dialog?

Ø  My first question would be do the date pickers in question provide an alternate entry form?  If the date can be typed in, and is keyboard accessible for that function, is the calendar portion required to be accessible?

This is dependent on the function of the calendar.  If the function is to add a date regardless of day of the week then an input may be an alternative.  However, if the calendar allows for the user to find the 2nd Tuesday of the month, see holidays, blackout dates, etc. then providing a text input does not provide equivalent functionality.  For things like flights, scheduling appointments, etc. I'd argue that an input does not provide equivalent functionality.

Jonathan

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Subject: RE: Should Datepickers be treated as a Modal Dialog?

My first question would be do the date pickers in question provide an alternate entry form?  If the date can be typed in, and is keyboard accessible for that function, is the calendar portion required to be accessible?

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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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