Accessibility Features Overview
| Accessibility Requirement | Support Level | 
|---|---|
| Right-to-Left Support | |
| Keyboard Navigation Support | |
| Screen Reader Support | |
| Contrast Color Theme | |
| Mobile Device Support | |
| Lighthouse Accessibility Validation | |
| Axe Accessibility Validation | |
| WAVE Accessibility Validation | |
| Section 508 Support | |
| WCAG 2.x Support | 
- - All component features meet the requirement
 - - Some component features may not meet the requirement
 - - Accessibility requirement is not supported
 
Accessibility Standards Compliance
The DateRangeBox component meets a variety of Section 508 and WCAG 2.x compliance standards. Known exceptions:
| Section 508 criteria | WCAG 2.x criteria | Exception description | 
|---|---|---|
| 501 (Web)(Software)  504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs)  | 
        1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)  1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2)  | 
        DateRangeBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes. | 
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the DateRangeBox component:
| Value Picker Type | Key | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| Input Field | Alt + ↓ | Opens the date/time picker. | 
| Alt + ↑ / Esc | Closes the date/time picker. | |
| Calendar | ← → ↑ ↓ | Moves focus to the day nearby. | 
| Page Up or Ctrl + ← | Displays the previous month. | |
| Page Down or Ctrl + → | Displays the next month. | |
| Enter | Selects the focused day. | |
| Ctrl + ↑ | Increases zoomLevel. | |
| Ctrl + ↓ | Decreases zoomLevel. | |
| Home | Moves focus to the first date in the view. | |
| End | Moves focus to the last date in the view. | 
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
function registerKeyHandlers () {
    const dateRangeBox = $("#dateRangeBoxContainer").dxDateRangeBox("instance");
    dateRangeBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) {
        // The argument "e" contains information on the event
    });
    dateRangeBox.registerKeyHandler("space", function(e) {
        // ...
    });
}Angular
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { DxDateRangeBoxModule, DxDateRangeBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular';
// ...
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
    @ViewChild(DxDateRangeBoxComponent, { static: false }) dateRangeBox: DxDateRangeBoxComponent;
    // Prior to Angular 8
    // @ViewChild(DxDateRangeBoxComponent) dateRangeBox: DxDateRangeBoxComponent;
    ngAfterViewInit () {
        this.dateRangeBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.dateRangeBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxDateRangeBoxModule
    ],
    // ...
})Vue
<template>
    <DxDateRangeBox :ref="myDateRangeBoxRef" />
</template>
<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import DxDateRangeBox from 'devextreme-vue/date-range-box';
const myDateRangeBoxRef = 'my-date-range-box';
export default {
    components: {
        DxDateRangeBox
    },
    data() {
        return {
            myDateRangeBoxRef
        }
    },
    computed: {
        dateRangeBox: function() {
            return this.$refs[myDateRangeBoxRef].instance;
        }
    },
    mounted: function() {
        this.dateRangeBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.dateRangeBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
</script>React
import React from 'react';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';
import { DateRangeBox } from 'devextreme-react/date-range-box';
class App extends React.Component {
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.dateRangeBoxRef = React.createRef();
    }
    render() {
        return (
            <DateRangeBox ref={this.dateRangeBoxRef} />
        );
    }
    get dateRangeBox() {
        return this.dateRangeBoxRef.current.instance();
    }
    componentDidMount() {
        this.dateRangeBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) {
            // The argument "e" contains information on the event
        });
        this.dateRangeBox.registerKeyHandler('space', function(e) {
            // ...
        });
    }
}
export default App;Screen Reader Support
The DateRangeBox component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards.
To improve accessibility, use the startDateInputAttr and endDateInputAttr properties to specify aria-label for the component. You do not need to specify aria-label if you use startDateLabel or endDateLabel correspondingly.
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