Scheduler - A11y - Add Home and End hotkeys, change scheduler's role, extend appointment's aria-describedby by Tucchhaa · Pull Request #32575 · DevExpress/DevExtreme

Tucchhaa · 2026-02-16T08:00:20Z

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Improves Scheduler accessibility by expanding keyboard navigation and enriching ARIA metadata so assistive technologies can better describe scheduler state and appointment interactions.

Changes:

Added Home/End keyboard handlers for faster appointment navigation in Scheduler appointment keyboard navigation.
Changed Scheduler root ARIA role from group to application.
Extended appointment aria-describedby content to include hotkey guidance, and adjusted unit/e2e tests accordingly.

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packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/ar.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/bg.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/ca.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/cs.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/da.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/de.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/el.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/en.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/es.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/fa.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/fi.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/fr.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value; minor whitespace cleanup.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/hu.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/it.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/ja.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/lt.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/lv.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/nb.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/nl.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/pl.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/pt.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/ro.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/ru.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/sl.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/sv.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/tr.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/uk.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/vi.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/zh-tw.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/localization/messages/zh.json	Adds new scheduler appointment hotkeys message key/value.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/m_scheduler.ts	Updates scheduler ARIA role to `application`.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/m_appointments_kbn.ts	Adds Home/End keyboard navigation and refactors focus logic into a helper.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/appointment/text_utils.ts	Appends hotkeys text into appointment ARIA description string.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/appointment/text_utils.test.ts	Relaxes assertions to account for newly appended hotkeys description text.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/appointment/m_appointment.ts	Refactors aria description assignment flow (early-return when empty).
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/tests/appointments.test.ts	Adds Jest coverage for `aria-describedby` presence and Home/End focusing behavior; improves cleanup.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/tests/mock/model/appointment.ts	Extends appointment test model with `isFocused()` helper.
e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/accessibility/scheduler/scheduler.ts	Updates expected scheduler `role` in accessibility e2e test.
e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/accessibility/scheduler/appointment.ts	Updates appointment accessibility e2e assertions to expect `aria-describedby` and tolerate appended text.

packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/appointment/text_utils.ts

packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/appointment/m_appointment.ts

packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/appointments/m_appointments_kbn.ts

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e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/scheduler/common/keyboardNavigation/appointments.ts

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I noticed that the workspace still has tabindex (it gets tabindex=0 from focusStateEnabled: true passed by the scheduler).
The issue mentions "Workspace shouldn't have tabindex" — are you planning to address this in this PR or will it be a separate one?

Tucchhaa · 2026-02-17T10:17:28Z

I noticed that the workspace still has tabindex (it gets tabindex=0 from focusStateEnabled: true passed by the scheduler). The issue mentions "Workspace shouldn't have tabindex" — are you planning to address this in this PR or will it be a separate one?

Thank you for noticing it, there will be another PR to fix tabindex. I will update description of the issue of this PR

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