From 1fc0893693067ba30a2daee1d2f6f45511ced498 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: balajis-qb <balaji.s@qburst.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:50:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=99=BF=EF=B8=8F=20Add=20accessibility=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?for=20month=20dropdown?=
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Closes #6223
---
 src/month_dropdown.tsx                | 16 ++++++-
 src/month_dropdown_options.tsx        |  1 +
 src/test/month_dropdown_test.test.tsx | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/month_dropdown.tsx b/src/month_dropdown.tsx
index 9efd3c7279..02b996e65f 100644
--- a/src/month_dropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/month_dropdown.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ export default class MonthDropdown extends Component<
   renderSelectOptions = (monthNames: string[]): React.ReactElement[] =>
     monthNames.map<React.ReactElement>(
       (m: string, i: number): React.ReactElement => (
-        <option key={m} value={i}>
+        <option
+          key={m}
+          value={i}
+          aria-label={`Select Month ${m}`}
+          aria-selected={i === this.props.month ? "true" : "false"}
+        >
           {m}
         </option>
       ),
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ export default class MonthDropdown extends Component<
       value={this.props.month}
       className="react-datepicker__month-select"
       onChange={(e) => this.onChange(parseInt(e.target.value))}
+      aria-label="Select Month"
     >
       {this.renderSelectOptions(monthNames)}
     </select>
@@ -62,8 +68,14 @@ export default class MonthDropdown extends Component<
       style={{ visibility: visible ? "visible" : "hidden" }}
       className="react-datepicker__month-read-view"
       onClick={this.toggleDropdown}
+      aria-label="Select Month"
+      aria-expanded={this.state.dropdownVisible}
+      aria-haspopup="listbox"
     >
-      <span className="react-datepicker__month-read-view--down-arrow" />
+      <span
+        className="react-datepicker__month-read-view--down-arrow"
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      />
       <span className="react-datepicker__month-read-view--selected-month">
         {monthNames[this.props.month]}
       </span>
diff --git a/src/month_dropdown_options.tsx b/src/month_dropdown_options.tsx
index e9d2cf12cb..825e344111 100644
--- a/src/month_dropdown_options.tsx
+++ b/src/month_dropdown_options.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export default class MonthDropdownOptions extends Component<MonthDropdownOptions
             }
           }}
           role="button"
+          aria-label={`Select Month ${month}`}
           tabIndex={0}
           className={
             this.isSelectedMonth(i)
diff --git a/src/test/month_dropdown_test.test.tsx b/src/test/month_dropdown_test.test.tsx
index 0fb5f4abad..ec7d4f4771 100644
--- a/src/test/month_dropdown_test.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/month_dropdown_test.test.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,40 @@ describe("MonthDropdown", () => {
       monthDropdown = getMonthDropdown();
     });
 
+    it("sets proper ARIA on read view button and toggles aria-expanded", () => {
+      const monthReadView = safeQuerySelector(
+        monthDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__month-read-view",
+      );
+      expect(monthReadView.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Select Month");
+      expect(monthReadView.getAttribute("aria-haspopup")).toBe("listbox");
+      expect(monthReadView.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
+
+      fireEvent.click(monthReadView);
+
+      const monthReadViewAfterOpen = safeQuerySelector(
+        monthDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__month-read-view",
+      );
+      expect(monthReadViewAfterOpen.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
+    });
+
+    it("applies aria-label to each month option in scroll dropdown", () => {
+      const monthReadView = safeQuerySelector(
+        monthDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__month-read-view",
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(monthReadView);
+
+      const firstOption = safeQuerySelector(
+        monthDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__month-option",
+      );
+      expect(firstOption.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        "Select Month January",
+      );
+    });
+
     it("shows the selected month in the initial view", () => {
       expect(monthDropdown?.textContent).toContain("December");
     });
@@ -307,6 +341,14 @@ describe("MonthDropdown", () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it("adds aria-label to select element", () => {
+      monthDropdown = getMonthDropdown({ dropdownMode: "select" });
+      const select = monthDropdown.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(
+        ".react-datepicker__month-select",
+      );
+      expect(select?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Select Month");
+    });
+
     it("renders month options with default locale", () => {
       monthDropdown = getMonthDropdown({ dropdownMode: "select" });
       const options = monthDropdown.querySelectorAll("option");
@@ -325,6 +367,24 @@ describe("MonthDropdown", () => {
         "December",
       ]);
     });
+    // Accessibility of options
+    it("adds aria-label and aria-selected to options in select mode", () => {
+      monthDropdown = getMonthDropdown({ dropdownMode: "select", month: 11 });
+      const select = monthDropdown.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>(
+        ".react-datepicker__month-select",
+      );
+      const options = Array.from(
+        select?.querySelectorAll("option") ?? [],
+      ) as HTMLOptionElement[];
+      expect(options[0]?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        "Select Month January",
+      );
+      expect(options[11]?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        "Select Month December",
+      );
+      expect(options[11]?.getAttribute("aria-selected")).toBe("true");
+      expect(options[0]?.getAttribute("aria-selected")).toBe("false");
+    });
     // Short Month Names
     it("renders month options with short name and default locale", () => {
       monthDropdown = getMonthDropdown({

From 7f61d8275a91ddb0fdabd0e1790ff99f32e98468 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: balajis-qb <balaji.s@qburst.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:24:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=99=BF=EF=B8=8F=20Enhance=20accessibilit?=
 =?UTF-8?q?y=20in=20YearDropdown=20component?=
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Closes #6223
---
 src/test/year_dropdown_test.test.tsx | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/year_dropdown.tsx                |  16 ++-
 src/year_dropdown_options.tsx        |   5 +
 3 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/test/year_dropdown_test.test.tsx b/src/test/year_dropdown_test.test.tsx
index 83a3db63ac..8c0e4ca7ae 100644
--- a/src/test/year_dropdown_test.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/year_dropdown_test.test.tsx
@@ -34,8 +34,25 @@ describe("YearDropdown", () => {
   });
 
   describe("scroll mode", () => {
+    const selectedYear = 2015;
+
     beforeEach(function () {
-      yearDropdown = getYearDropdown();
+      yearDropdown = getYearDropdown({
+        year: selectedYear,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("read view has correct ARIA attributes and toggles aria-expanded", () => {
+      const yearReadView = safeQuerySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-read-view",
+      );
+      expect(yearReadView.getAttribute("aria-haspopup")).toBe("listbox");
+      expect(yearReadView.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Select Year");
+      expect(yearReadView.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
+
+      fireEvent.click(yearReadView);
+      expect(yearReadView.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
     });
 
     it("shows the selected year in the initial view", () => {
@@ -138,15 +155,109 @@ describe("YearDropdown", () => {
       fireEvent.keyDown(document.activeElement!, { key: "Enter" });
       expect(lastOnChangeValue).toEqual(2016);
     });
+
+    it("options expose correct ARIA attributes", () => {
+      const yearReadView = safeQuerySelector(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-read-view",
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(yearReadView);
+
+      const yearOptions = safeQuerySelectorAll<HTMLDivElement>(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-option",
+        7,
+      );
+
+      // Find the selected year option by text
+      const selected = yearOptions.find((el) =>
+        el.textContent?.includes(selectedYear.toString()),
+      )!;
+      expect(selected.getAttribute("aria-selected")).toBe("true");
+      expect(selected.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        `Select Year ${selectedYear}`,
+      );
+
+      // Find a non-selected year option and ensure aria-selected is not present
+      const nonSelected =
+        yearOptions.find(
+          (el) => el.textContent?.trim() === (selectedYear - 1).toString(),
+        ) ??
+        yearOptions.find(
+          (el) => el.textContent?.trim() === (selectedYear + 1).toString(),
+        );
+      expect(nonSelected).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(nonSelected!.getAttribute("aria-selected")).toBeNull();
+      const nonSelectedYear = nonSelected!.textContent!.trim();
+      expect(nonSelected!.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        `Select Year ${nonSelectedYear}`,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("pressing Escape closes the dropdown (onCancel)", () => {
+      const yearReadView = safeQuerySelector(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-read-view",
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(yearReadView);
+
+      const yearOptions = safeQuerySelectorAll<HTMLDivElement>(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-option",
+        7,
+      );
+      // Focus the selected option and press Escape
+      const selected = yearOptions.find((el) =>
+        el.textContent?.includes("2015"),
+      )!;
+      selected.focus();
+      fireEvent.keyDown(selected, { key: "Escape" });
+
+      const optionsView = yearDropdown?.querySelectorAll(
+        "react-datepicker__year-dropdown",
+      );
+      expect(optionsView).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it("clicking 'Show later years' shifts the years forward by one", () => {
+      const yearReadView = safeQuerySelector(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-read-view",
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(yearReadView);
+
+      // The first option is the 'Show later years' control when no maxDate is provided
+      const yearOptionsBefore = safeQuerySelectorAll<HTMLDivElement>(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-option",
+        7,
+      );
+      const firstYearBefore = Number(
+        yearOptionsBefore[1]!.textContent?.trim(), // index 0 is the navigation control
+      );
+
+      // Click the navigation control to shift years
+      fireEvent.click(yearOptionsBefore[0]!);
+
+      const yearOptionsAfter = safeQuerySelectorAll<HTMLDivElement>(
+        yearDropdown,
+        ".react-datepicker__year-option",
+        7,
+      );
+      const firstYearAfter = Number(yearOptionsAfter[1]!.textContent?.trim());
+      expect(firstYearAfter).toBe(firstYearBefore + 1);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("select mode", () => {
+    const selectedYear = 2015;
+
     it("renders a select with default year range options", () => {
       yearDropdown = getYearDropdown({ dropdownMode: "select" });
       const select: NodeListOf<HTMLSelectElement> =
         yearDropdown.querySelectorAll(".react-datepicker__year-select");
       expect(select).toHaveLength(1);
-      expect(select[0]?.value).toBe("2015");
+      expect(select[0]?.value).toBe(selectedYear.toString());
 
       const options = select[0]?.querySelectorAll("option") ?? [];
       expect(Array.from(options).map((o) => o.textContent)).toEqual(
@@ -206,5 +317,32 @@ describe("YearDropdown", () => {
       expect(onSelectSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(setOpenSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
+
+    it("select and options expose correct ARIA attributes", () => {
+      yearDropdown = getYearDropdown({ dropdownMode: "select" });
+      const select: HTMLSelectElement =
+        yearDropdown.querySelector(".react-datepicker__year-select") ??
+        new HTMLSelectElement();
+
+      expect(select.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Select Year");
+
+      const options = Array.from(
+        select.querySelectorAll("option"),
+      ) as HTMLOptionElement[];
+      const opt2015 = options.find((o) => o.value === selectedYear.toString())!;
+      const opt2014 = options.find(
+        (o) => o.value === (selectedYear - 1).toString(),
+      )!;
+
+      expect(opt2015.getAttribute("aria-selected")).toBe("true");
+      expect(opt2015.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        `Select Year ${selectedYear}`,
+      );
+
+      expect(opt2014.getAttribute("aria-selected")).toBe("false");
+      expect(opt2014.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+        `Select Year ${selectedYear - 1}`,
+      );
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/year_dropdown.tsx b/src/year_dropdown.tsx
index c3bd83169d..b22cf20560 100644
--- a/src/year_dropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/year_dropdown.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ export default class YearDropdown extends Component<
     const options: React.ReactElement[] = [];
     for (let i = minYear; i <= maxYear; i++) {
       options.push(
-        <option key={i} value={i}>
+        <option
+          key={i}
+          value={i}
+          aria-label={`Select Year ${i}`}
+          aria-selected={i === this.props.year ? "true" : "false"}
+        >
           {i}
         </option>,
       );
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ export default class YearDropdown extends Component<
       value={this.props.year}
       className="react-datepicker__year-select"
       onChange={this.onSelectChange}
+      aria-label="Select Year"
     >
       {this.renderSelectOptions()}
     </select>
@@ -71,8 +77,14 @@ export default class YearDropdown extends Component<
       style={{ visibility: visible ? "visible" : "hidden" }}
       className="react-datepicker__year-read-view"
       onClick={this.toggleDropdown}
+      aria-label="Select Year"
+      aria-expanded={this.state.dropdownVisible}
+      aria-haspopup="listbox"
     >
-      <span className="react-datepicker__year-read-view--down-arrow" />
+      <span
+        className="react-datepicker__year-read-view--down-arrow"
+        aria-hidden="true"
+      />
       <span className="react-datepicker__year-read-view--selected-year">
         {this.props.year}
       </span>
diff --git a/src/year_dropdown_options.tsx b/src/year_dropdown_options.tsx
index 773419b4d4..0566e97dc7 100644
--- a/src/year_dropdown_options.tsx
+++ b/src/year_dropdown_options.tsx
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export default class YearDropdownOptions extends Component<
         key={year}
         onClick={this.onChange.bind(this, year)}
         onKeyDown={this.handleOptionKeyDown.bind(this, year)}
+        aria-label={`Select Year ${year}`}
         aria-selected={selectedYear === year ? "true" : undefined}
       >
         {selectedYear === year ? (
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ export default class YearDropdownOptions extends Component<
           className="react-datepicker__year-option"
           key={"upcoming"}
           onClick={this.incrementYears}
+          role="button"
+          aria-label="Show later years"
         >
           <a className="react-datepicker__navigation react-datepicker__navigation--years react-datepicker__navigation--years-upcoming" />
         </div>,
@@ -168,6 +171,8 @@ export default class YearDropdownOptions extends Component<
           className="react-datepicker__year-option"
           key={"previous"}
           onClick={this.decrementYears}
+          role="button"
+          aria-label="Show earlier years"
         >
           <a className="react-datepicker__navigation react-datepicker__navigation--years react-datepicker__navigation--years-previous" />
         </div>,