# Keyboard support

The datepicker includes keyboard navigation. The “focused date” is kept track of and highlighted (as with mouse hover) during keyboard nav, and is cleared when a date is toggled or the picker is hidden.

## up, down, left, right arrow keys

By themselves, left/right will move focus backward/forward one day, up/down will move focus back/forward one week.

With the shift key, up/left will move focus backward one month, down/right will move focus forward one month.

With the ctrl key, up/left will move focus backward one year, down/right will move focus forward one year.

Shift+ctrl behaves the same as ctrl – that is, it does not change both month and year simultaneously, only the year.

## enter

When the picker is visible, enter will toggle the focused date (if there is one). When the picker is not visible, enter will have normal effects – submitting the current form, etc.

When the date is deselected, the `clearDate` event is triggered; otherwise, the `changeDate` event is triggered. If `autoclose` is enabled, the picker will be hidden after selection or deselection.

## escape

The escape key can be used to clear the focused date and hide and re-show the datepicker; hiding the picker is necessary if the user wants to manually edit the value.