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Keyboard Navigation

The keyboard navigation of the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC DateTimePicker is always available.

For a complete example, refer to the demo on keyboard navigation of the DateTimePicker.

The DateTimePicker supports the following shortcuts:

SHORTCUT DESCRIPTION
Access key + w Focuses the component.
Enter Triggers the change event of the component.
Alt + Up Arrow Closes the time and date popups.
Alt + Down Arrow Opens the time and date popups.
Left Arrow Highlights the previous day in the date popup.
Right Arrow Highlights the next day in the date popup.
Up Arrow Highlights the same day from the previous week in the date popup.
Up Arrow (TimeView) Selects previous available time.
Down Arrow Highlights the same day from the next week in the date popup.
Down Arrow (TimeView) Selects next available time.
Ctrl + Left Arrow Navigates to the previous month in the date popup.
Ctrl + Right Arrow Navigates to the next month in the date popup.
Ctrl + Up Arrow Navigates to the previous view in the date popup.
Ctrl + Down Arrow Navigates to the next view in the date popup.
Home Highlights the first day of the month.
End Highlights the last day of the month.
Enter (Month View) Selects the highlighted day.
Enter Navigates to a lower view.
Esc Closes the popup to a lower view.
T Select the current date in the date popup.

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