Accessibility in .NET MAUI Picker (SfPicker)

21 Jul 20261 minute to read

The .NET MAUI Picker control interacts with the Header, Column Header, Footer, and Picker Items.

Header Layout

The SfPicker control interacts with Header Text for header layout localization.

Header Layout in .NET MAUI Picker.

Column Header Layout

The SfPicker control interacts with Column Header Text for column header layout localization.

Column Header Layout in .NET MAUI Picker.

The SfPicker control interacts with the validation buttons (OK and Cancel) for footer layout localization. The default value of the OkButtonText property is “OK”, and the CancelButtonText is “Cancel”.

Footer Layout in .NET MAUI Picker.

Picker Items

The SfPicker control interacts with the Item Source in the picker items.

Picker Items in .NET MAUI Picker.

Keyboard navigation

SfPicker 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.