Date picker and Safari Browser

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> Correct me if I am wrong but the short-cut keys (ctrl) for changing year and
> month in the date picker component do not work under Safari on both Windows
> and Mac.
>
> On the mac, firefox 2.0.0.14 does infact work with the shortcut keys.
>
> Is this a known issue and is there any resolution? if any?
>
> Regards
>
> Jeff
>
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> Have you tried with the alt keys? Just a guess.
>
> D.
>
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 01:20:28AM -0700, JeffL wrote:
>>
>> Correct me if I am wrong but the short-cut keys (ctrl) for  
>> changing year and
>> month in the date picker component do not work under Safari on  
>> both Windows
>> and Mac.
>>
>> On the mac, firefox 2.0.0.14 does infact work with the shortcut keys.
>>
>> Is this a known issue and is there any resolution? if any?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>> Sorry if posted twice to Nabble, forgot that I was not subscribed to
>>> ops-users
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> Yep, I tried most combinations of control/alt/option keys on both  
> mac and windows keyboards.
> It appears that it might be a safari thing...
>
> Jeff
>
> On 02/07/2008, at 4:51 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
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>> Have you tried with the alt keys? Just a guess.
>>
>> D.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 01:20:28AM -0700, JeffL wrote:
>>>
>>> Correct me if I am wrong but the short-cut keys (ctrl) for  
>>> changing year and
>>> month in the date picker component do not work under Safari on  
>>> both Windows
>>> and Mac.
>>>
>>> On the mac, firefox 2.0.0.14 does infact work with the shortcut  
>>> keys.
>>>
>>> Is this a known issue and is there any resolution? if any?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
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> I didn't even know they were keyboard shortcuts ;-)
>
> Most likely we won't fix this. We would like to migrate to the YUI  
> date picker anyway. But if you find a solution please let us know.
>
> -Erik
>
> On Jul 2, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Jeffrey Lambourne wrote:
>
>> Yep, I tried most combinations of control/alt/option keys on both  
>> mac and windows keyboards.
>> It appears that it might be a safari thing...
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On 02/07/2008, at 4:51 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>>
>>> Have you tried with the alt keys? Just a guess.
>>>
>>> D.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 01:20:28AM -0700, JeffL wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Correct me if I am wrong but the short-cut keys (ctrl) for  
>>>> changing year and
>>>> month in the date picker component do not work under Safari on  
>>>> both Windows
>>>> and Mac.
>>>>
>>>> On the mac, firefox 2.0.0.14 does infact work with the shortcut  
>>>> keys.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a known issue and is there any resolution? if any?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry if posted twice to Nabble, forgot that I was not  
>>>>> subscribed to
>>>>> ops-users
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>>>> and-Safari-Browser-tp18208654p18208654.html
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> Basically the issue with the key strokes not being trapped in Safari is
> because 'keypress' is being used.
> Substitute 'keydown'  in place of 'keypress'.
>
> Then Ctrl+left skips back months, Ctrl+right skips forward months, Ctrl+Up
> skips back years, Ctrl_Down skips forward years.
>
> This feature is extremely important for use cases like Date of Birth.
> A user needs to select a year in a single controlled movement - i.e.
> keyboard entry.
> Use of mouse dropdowns for year/ clicking on up/down arrows do not cut it -
> I know from bitter experience.
> Typing in dd/mm/yyyy is prone to error and the calendar control ensures
> correctly formatted date - although it does assume the correct date is
> selected!!!
>
> Does the YUI support this function? If not please not remove the current
> calendar.