title: jQuery UI datepicker: Configure keyboard shortcuts
body: <p>I use the <a href="http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker/" rel="noreferrer">jQuery UI datepicker</a> to let the user select a date. It has some shortcuts so that it can be controlled using the keyboard:</p>
  
  <pre><code>page up/down      - previous/next month
  ctrl+page up/down - previous/next year
  ctrl+home         - current month or open when closed
  ctrl+left/right   - previous/next day
  ctrl+up/down      - previous/next week
  enter             - accept the selected date
  ctrl+end          - close and erase the date
  escape            - close the datepicker without selection
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But it seems not user friendly for me. I did not find out myself how to select a date with the keyboard until I read it in the documentation. I guess only few users will find out that they have to press "CTRL + arrow keys" to select a date.</p>
  
  <p>Therefore, I would like to replace the keyboard shortcuts with some other ones. Especially I would like that the user does not have to press the "Control" key when navigating with the arrow keys between days and weeks.</p>
  
  <p>Because I did not find any configuration about this in the documentation, <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/vH5SX/1/" rel="noreferrer">I tried to achieve this aim using some custom javascript</a>, where I listen for keyboard events and set the date manually. But it leads from one problem to another:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>It does only work fine after the first date was selected</li>
  <li>It interferes when the user uses "CTRL + arrow keys" after navigating with arrow keys only</li>
  <li>The date in the input field is immediately updated, unlike when navigating with "CTRL + arrow keys" of the datepicker's original keyboard control</li>
  <li>Other shortcuts of the browser do not work because of <code>event.preventDefault()</code></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I know that all of this problems can be solved by additional Javascript again, but I would prefer it if I could just configure this somehow.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to configure the shortcuts of the jQuery UI datepicker?</p>