- Success Criterion 2.1.1
- Conformance level A
Date Picker Grid That Can’t Be Navigated by Keyboard
2.1.1 — Keyboard
Scenario
Setting
A community forum's discussion thread
What’s wrong
Date pickers where the grid isn't keyboard navigable and manual text entry is blocked.
Example
<div onclick="submitForm()">Submit</div>Why it matters
Blind users, people with motor disabilities, and anyone operating the interface without a pointer.
How to test
Tab into a date picker's calendar grid and try arrow keys: if the grid isn't navigable and there's no way to type the date manually, it fails.
How to fix
Make the date grid arrow-key navigable, or allow typing the date directly.
<button onclick="submitForm()">Submit</button>A native button is focusable and triggers on Enter/Space automatically; a div needs all of that added by hand.
Outcome
On a community forum's discussion thread, this barrier is gone for blind users, people with motor disabilities — they can complete the task without hitting this wall.
Who is affected
Blind users, people with motor disabilities, and anyone operating the interface without a pointer.
Learn more
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