With built-in keyboard support, Calendar lets you perform the basic navigation operations with perfect ease just by using keys.

Let's explore the keyboard navigation in both the CalendarView and DateEdit control in detail.

CalendarView

CalendarView provides keyboard support for quick navigation and selection through dates and months. The following table lists the applicable key combinations and their corresponding actions:

Keyboard Command	Action
Up	Navigates or selects the day by one position in the upward direction.
Down	Navigates or selects the day by one position in the downward direction.
Left	Navigates or selects the day by one position in the left direction.
Right	Navigates or selects the day by one position in the right direction.
Home	Navigates to the first day of the current month.
End	Navigates to the last day of the current month.
Page Up	Navigates to the same day of the previous month.
Page Down	Navigates to the same day of the next month.
Shift + Up	Selects contiguous days in the decreasing order from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Shift + Down	Selects contiguous days in the increasing order from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Shift + Left	Selects days successively by one position in the left direction until maximum selectable days..
Shift + Right	Selects days successively by one position in the right direction until maximum selectable days.
Shift + Home	Selects contiguous days in the decreasing order from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Shift + End	Selects contiguous days in the increasing order from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Shift + Page Up	Selects contiguous days in the decreasing order from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Shift + Page Down	Selects contiguous days in the increasing order from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Ctrl + Up	Selects days upwards in the same column from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Ctrl + Down	Selects days downwards in the same column from the current day based on maximum selectable days.
Ctrl + Left	Selects days successively by one position in the left direction until maximum selectable days..
Ctrl + Right	Selects days successively by one position in the right direction until maximum selectable days.
Ctrl + Home	Selects the first day of the current month keeping the current day selected.
Ctrl + End	Selects the last day of the current month keeping the current day selected.
Ctrl + Page Up	Selects the same day of the previous month keeping the current day in the current month selected.
Ctrl + Page Down	Selects the same day of the next month keeping the current day in the current month selected.

DateEdit

The following table lists the applicable key combinations and their corresponding actions in the DateEdit control.

Keyboard Command	Action
Up	Increases the selected value by one.
Down	Decreases the selected value by one.
Left	Shifts the selection by one position in the left direction.
Right	Shifts the selection by one position in the right direction.
Home	Shifts the selection to the first value in the combo box.
End	Shifts the selection to the last value in the combo box.
Shift + Up/Left	Selects contiguous values from the current selection by one position in the left direction .
Shift + Down/Right	Selects contiguous values from the current selection by one position in the right direction.
Shift + Home	Selects all values from the current selection to the first value in the combo box.
Shift + End	Selects all values from the current selection to the last value in the combo box.
Ctrl + Up/Left	Causes the cursor to skip values of the same group in the left direction.
Ctrl + Down/Right	Causes the cursor to skip values of the same group in the right direction.
Ctrl + Home	Shifts the cursor to the first day from the current selection.
Ctrl + End	Shifts the cursor to the last day from the current selection.