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Blazor DateRangePicker Accessibility

Out of the box, the Telerik UI for Blazor DateRangePicker provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.

The DateRangePicker is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and Section 508 requirements, follows the Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) best practices for implementing the keyboard navigation for its component role, provides options for managing its focus and is tested against the most popular screen readers.

WAI-ARIA

This section lists the selectors, attributes, and behavior patterns supported by the component and its composite elements, if any.

Input elements

Selector Attribute Usage
.k-input-inner role=combobox The input element should follow the combobox specification.
label for or aria-label or aria-labelledby The input needs an accessible name to be assigned to it.
aria-haspopup=grid Indicates the component has a Calendar Popup that implements role="grid".
aria-expanded=true/false Announces whether the Popup is visible or not.
aria-controls=.k-calendar-container id Points to the popup element. Signifies that the combobox element controls the Calendar grid.
.k-input-inner.k-focus aria-activedescendant=.k-calendar-td.k-focus id Points to the focused item (date/month/year) in the Calendar Popup. Should only be present when the Popup is open.
readonly=readonly or aria-readonly=true Attribute is rendered only when the DateRangePicker is readonly.
tabindex=0 The element should be focusable.
.k-invalid .k-input-inner,.ng-invalid .k-input-inner aria-invalid=true Attribute is rendered only when the combobox is in form and announces the valid state of the component.
.k-disabled .k-input-inner disabled=disabled or aria-disabled=true Attribute is rendered only when the DateRangePicker is disabled.

Calendars Popup

The Calendars in the Popup element of the component should implement the specification for the MultiViewCalendar component.

Calendar accessibility specification

Resources

WAI ARIA specification for combobox

ARIA practices Date Picker Dialog Example

Section 508

The DateRangePicker is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

The DateRangePicker has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.

To report any accessibility issues, contact the team through the Telerik Support System.

Screen Readers

The DateRangePicker has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:

Environment Tool
Firefox NVDA
Chrome JAWS
Microsoft Edge JAWS

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