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Calendar Widget Expanded

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Acceptance Criteria

Design and color contrast

  • Provide sufficient color contrast between foreground and background in order to meet WCAG Level AA guidelines

  • Add a background color and border around each date to make it easier for vision impaired and older users to read and make a selection.

As a screen reader and keyboard only user I should:

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  • be able to use the left/right ←/→ arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate between dates in the calendar widget

  • be able to use the “ENTER” key on the keyboard to select a date in the calendar widget

  • be able to manually enter the date in the form control

  • be provided with help text on how to manually enter the date

  • be provided with a “Close” or “Cancel” button if I don’t want to enter a date

When the calendar form field has keyboard focus: 

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Have tested on iOS mobile device and works fine when voice-over screen reader has been activated.

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