No keyboard navigation except Enter to open day

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by examining the existing keyboard navigation in the Calendar app referenced by the issue, then locate the corresponding keyboard handling entry point in panel-datetime. Check how Enter and Esc currently behave before tracing the open indicator's selected-day and month changes. Done means cursor keys change the selected day and Tab or Page keys change the month, with the existing open and close behavior preserved.

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Description

Needs Design Priority: Wishlist

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Missing Feature

The keyboard cursor keys have no effect on the open indicator. Nor the Tab or Page keys. The only keys with effect are Enter to open the selected day and Esc to close the popover.

Describe the solution you'd like
Cursor keys should change the selected day. (Shift)Tab key or Page keys should change the month.

Existing work
The Calendar app implements cursor key navigation but not a change month shortcut afaict.

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