Accessibility in .NET MAUI Date Picker (SfDatePicker)

7 Jan 20251 minute to read

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.

Header Layout in .NET MAUI Date Picker.

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”.

Column Header Layout in .NET MAUI Date Picker.

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”.

Footer Layout in .NET MAUI Date Picker.

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

Picker Items in .NET MAUI Date Picker.

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.