Hi all,
Does anyone know how to access dates on a Calendar control using a keyboard? I have used WebFOCUS App Studio 8009 to create a guided report that has two calendar controls that work fine with a mouse. We have requirements to make our reports 508 compliant which also mean that the customer should be able to run these reports with use of a keyboard.

Thank you,

Seyed

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Emily McAllister>,

Hello Seyed,

Calendar controls come with a text box in addition to the control itself. If you set "send unformatted value" to off (unchecked), then users will be able to type the date manually into the text box.

Emily McAllister
Focal Point Moderator

Here is a link to a website that has links to accessible date pickers:

Accessible date pickers

For the accessible date pickers in the link I provided, you can use the tab key to put the focus on the calendar button, then press the Enter key to bring up the calendar. Arrow keys and other key combinations let you move to different days, months and years. Press Enter to select a date and place it in the text box.

Here is another link:

pickadate.js

Hi all,
I opened a case with IBI support and with their help I was able to resolve this issue. For the interest of others who use AS8009 and may want to pick a date from a calendar control using keyboard, here is the explanation.
First, in response to Emily's suggestion, I checked the property of the date control (text box), in AS8009, I did not see any 'send unformatted value' property. And as with Squatch's suggestion, tabbing into the calendar control and hitting the enter button, will not display the calendar, but rather starts a new parameter page.

IBI support suggested using the information in datepicker site.

On this link, there is another link named ‘API documentation’ that provides the following shortcuts. For me, once I have tabbed over into the text portion of the calendar, pressing CTRL + HOME key at the same time, would open the calendar and from there using CTRL + PAGE UP, CTRL + PAGE DOWN, CTRL + LEFT, CTRL + RIGHT and hitting the enter key once the desired date I found, I was able to select date from calendar.

Keyboard interaction
While the datepicker is open, the following key commands are available:
PAGE UP: Move to the previous month.
PAGE DOWN: Move to the next month.
CTRL + PAGE UP: Move to the previous year.
CTRL + PAGE DOWN: Move to the next year.
CTRL + HOME: Open the datepicker if closed.
CTRL/COMMAND + HOME: Move to the current month.
CTRL/COMMAND + LEFT: Move to the previous day.
CTRL/COMMAND + RIGHT: Move to the next day.
CTRL/COMMAND + UP: Move to the previous week.
CTRL/COMMAND + DOWN: Move to the next week.
ENTER: Select the focused date.
CTRL/COMMAND + END: Close the datepicker and erase the date.
ESCAPE: Close the datepicker without selection.

Thank you Emily and Squatch for your assistance.

Seyed