--- title: Announcing Ionic 8.1 | daily.dev description: Announcing Ionic 8.1 with improvements in input, datetime, and accessibility. Enhanced screen reader experience for selecting items in Datetime and Picker... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-8-1-ketcgbqdi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Announcing Ionic 8.1 | daily.dev og:description: Announcing Ionic 8.1 with improvements in input, datetime, and accessibility. Enhanced screen reader experience for selecting items in Datetime and Picker... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-8-1-ketcgbqdi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kETCgBqdI.png og:image:alt: Announcing Ionic 8.1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Announcing Ionic 8.1 **[Ionic Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ionic)** · 4 min read · 17 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Announcing Ionic 8.1 with improvements in input, datetime, and accessibility. Enhanced screen reader experience for selecting items in Datetime and Picker components. Improved navigation for screen readers. Temporary disable focus trapping on Modals and Popovers. Configurable content slot placement for keyboard navigation. Customizable clear icon in Input. Role information with overlays in Datetime. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#accessibility](https://daily.dev/tags/accessibility), [#ionic](https://daily.dev/tags/ionic) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-8-1-ketcgbqdi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Announcing Ionic 8.1","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-8-1-ketcgbqdi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-8-1-ketcgbqdi"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T15:04:56.151Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"Announcing Ionic 8.1 with improvements in input, datetime, and accessibility. Enhanced screen reader experience for selecting items in Datetime and Picker...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/df741007cffe328b039d9ee837ffe88d?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/df741007cffe328b039d9ee837ffe88d?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Ionic Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ionic Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/296f30dacd74494d83a863631ac87394","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ionic"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-8-1-ketcgbqdi","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":17},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"accessibility,ionic","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ionic Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ionic"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Announcing Ionic 8.1"}]} ```