[WG: Accessibility] Datepicker question

[Matt Clare]

A quick check matches Gonzalo's experience.

Just to clarify, Message Center/Forums, Assignments & Polls also use this picker too.  They all have single input box dates that must be in a specific format that they in some cases provide an example of, but no instructions for.

Resources, Samigo use a new-window picker called the "Tigra Calendar" which is a not-very accessible picker but they use a discrete form item for each element (one for day, one for month…) which ensures users don't need to use that one.

Gradebook and Signup use yet another, Apache MyFaces Calendar, which is really inaccessible, but the form items are either discrete (one for day, one for month….) or the label has an example.


I really don't know what someone using an alternative interface would prefer.  Discrete form controls are well supported and familiar, but the single form item and date picker itself have obvious expediences for most users.  Just as obvious is the value in harmonizing here, but again, around which model?

I'd love to hear comments,

.\.\att

Matt Clare
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 Centre for Pedagogical Innovation
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 Interactive Arts and Sciences
Brock University, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
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From: Gonzalo Silverio <gsilver at umich.edu<mailto:gsilver at umich.edu>>
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 1:47 PM
To: "Humbert, Joseph A" <johumber at iu.edu<mailto:johumber at iu.edu>>
Cc: "accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org<mailto:accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org>" <accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org<mailto:accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org>>
Subject: Re: [WG: Accessibility] Datepicker question

Latest checkins are from January. Not sure if these have changed it in the essentials. An update: the slider for picking a time is not keyboard accessible, AFAIK.  Cannot pass focus to it and use keys to increment or decrement.

  -Gonzalo


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iu.edu<mailto:johumber at iu.edu>> wrote:
Has the datepicker that will be used been updated since September 2013?

Sincerely,
[joe]

From: Gonzalo Silverio [mailto:gsilver at umich.edu<mailto:gsilver at umich.edu>]
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 1:35 PM
To: Humbert, Joseph A
Cc: Neal Caidin; accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org<mailto:accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org>
Subject: Re: [WG: Accessibility] Datepicker question

Deque seems to approve.[1]

A little bit of testing seems to back that up. I can navigate the picker with the keyboard, although it feels weird that the field retains focus.

But this should certainly be looked into, looks like it is the default in trunk in all the core tools. At the very least it should be documented for users.

   -Gonzalo


http://www.deque.com/blog/accessible-jquery-ui-datepicker/

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iu.edu<mailto:johumber at iu.edu>> wrote:
I have not.

Sincerely,
Joe


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Hi Accessibility group,

Has a11y verified this date/time picker for accessibility?

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-23662

Thanks,
Neal


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