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

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.