Accessibility in .NET MAUI Date Picker (SfDatePicker)

The .NET MAUI Date Picker control has interact with the Header, Column Header, Footer, and Picker Items.

Header Layout

The SfDatePicker control has interact Header Text with localization of header layout.

Column Header Layout

The SfDatePicker control has interact column header text with localization of column header layout. It contains DayHeaderText, MonthHeaderText, and YearHeaderText properties of the DatePickerColumnHeaderView. The default value of the DayHeaderText property is “Day”, MonthHeaderText is “Month”, and YearHeaderText is “Year”.

Footer Layout

The SfDatePicker control has interact validation buttons (OK and Cancel) with localization of footer layout. The Default value of the OkButtonText property is “OK”, and CancelButtonText is “Cancel”.

Picker Items

The SfDatePicker control has interact with the item source in picker items. The item source contains based on the Date Format. For example,

Format	Example
d, M	1
dd, MM	01
MMM	January
yyyy	2023

Keyboard

SfDatePicker supports selection using keyboard interactions.

Key	Description
Tab	Focus the picker.
Enter	Opens the selected picker.
DownArrow	Selects an item from the currently expanded list by moving downwards.
UpArrow	Selects an item from the currently expanded list by moving upwards.
RightArrow/Tab	Navigates through the selected item in the right direction.
LeftArrow/Shift+Tab	Navigates through the selected item in the left direction.
Esc/Enter	Exit and commit selection.