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* For Begin of the insertionscreen readers,End of the insertion Begin of the deletion screenreaders,End of the deletion we will only target manual date input using the Start date, Finish date and Duration input fields, not the Flatpickr-based mini-calendar. Begin of the insertion

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End of the deletion * Begin of the insertionWhenEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion This is because manually going through and tabbing over every day in a even a single calendar month is cumbersome and inefficient. (Flatpickr is not accessible presumably for this reason)

* Because the new Primer input fields use Rails helpers, they accept dates in a number of different formats (yyyy/mm/dd, dd-mm-yyyy, dd.mm.yyyy...). This greatly simplifies date input and reduces errors during manual input.

* **Warning:** This functionality is lost due to a recent refactoring. We need to fix this.

* There are a number of challenges:

* Providing important banner information when there is a change of mode: the banner is generally above everything, but a control below (switch from manual to automatic, or vice-versa) can change banner text. This updated information needs to be accessible to a screen-reader.

* _WhenEnd of the deletion changing switch from manual to automatic, or vice-versa, the banner info should be read out by screen Begin of the insertionreader

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End of the deletion * When you enter a date or a duration, this updates other fields; this has to be read Begin of the insertionby the screen reader too,End of the insertion Begin of the deletion out tooEnd of the deletion so the user doesn't lose that context. Begin of the insertion

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End of the deletion * Today Begin of the insertionlinksEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion labelsEnd of the deletion under the Start/Finish dates:

* Begin of the insertionWe shouldEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion We'll keep "Today" in the non-screen reader view butEnd of the deletion add an ARIA label that explains Begin of the insertioncontext, e.g. "Select today asEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion context eg. "SetEnd of the deletion start Begin of the insertiondate."End of the insertion Begin of the deletion date to today"End of the deletion or Begin of the insertion"Select today asEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion "SetEnd of the deletion finish Begin of the insertiondate".End of the insertion Begin of the deletion date to today".End of the deletion


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* Mobile Begin of the insertionbehavior:End of the insertion Begin of the deletion behaviour:End of the deletion ###61051

* The native date picker is Begin of the insertionaccessible.End of the insertion Begin of the deletion acessible.End of the deletion Users on mobile devices will use the device-specific aids and not type out the date as they would on desktop.

* In-line error when users pick non-working days: ###61434