Keyboard interaction in Angular Datepicker component

You can use the following keys to interact with the DatePicker.
The component implements the keyboard navigation support by following the WAI-ARIA practices.

It supports the below list of shortcut keys.

Input Element

Press	To do this
Alt + Down Arrow	Opens the popup.
Alt + Up Arrow	Closes the popup.
Esc	closes the popup.

To know more about Calendar navigation keys refer the Calendar keyboard Interaction section.

To focus the Calendar component use the alt+t keys.

app.component.ts

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { DatePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars'



import { Component,HostListener,ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { CalendarComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars';

@Component({
imports: [
        
        DatePickerModule
    ],


standalone: true,
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
        <ejs-datepicker #ejDatePicker [value]='dateValue' placeholder='Enter date'></ejs-datepicker>
        `
})

export class AppComponent {
   @ViewChild('ejDatePicker') ejDatePicker?: CalendarComponent;
    public dateValue: Date = new Date();
    @HostListener('document:keyup', ['$event'])
  handleKeyboardEvent(event: KeyboardEvent) {
    if (event.altKey && event.keyCode === 84 /* t */) {
        // press alt+t to focus the control.
      (this.ejDatePicker as any).focusIn();
    }
  }
    constructor() {
    }
}

main.ts

import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));