Date Picker - WCAG violation Clarification For Screen Reader Users in Scan Mode

Hi Team,

Could you please enlighten us with your inputs on the below issue which I
am currently encountering:

Below is a sample date picker, where I am facing challenges with the screen
readers(NVDA/JAWS/Narrator) with the combination Edge Chromium and Google
Chrome browsers in scan mode as the screen reader focus in not moving to
the calendar icon button.
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Whenever the screen reader in on the textbox it is narrating the
placeholder value(mm/dd/yyyy) and user is able to enter the value.

when the user wants to navigate to the calendar in scan mode focus is not
moving, however, using focus mode (By using Keyboard Tab Key) it is
happening. Is this a WCAG violation, if so under which rule it will fall
under?

Also, when user enter the date manually using placeholder value(mm/dd/yyyy)
what is the expected behavior of the screen reader in below scenario:

After entering mm the '/' would be appended automatically in the textbox
and how this will be notified to the user.

I have already posted the same issue in Github :
https://github.com/w3c/wai-intro-wcag/issues/68

Appreciate your suggestions...

Thanks,
Chidvilash

Received on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 16:29:43 UTC