Accessibility Features Overview
Accessibility Requirement | Support Level |
---|---|
Right-to-Left Support | |
Keyboard Navigation Support | |
Screen Reader Support | |
Contrast Color Theme | |
Mobile Device Support | |
Lighthouse Accessibility Validation | |
Axe Accessibility Validation | |
WAVE Accessibility Validation | |
Section 508 Support | |
WCAG 2.x Support |
- - All component features meet the requirement
- - Some component features may not meet the requirement
- - Accessibility requirement is not supported
Accessibility Standards Compliance
The DropDownBox component meets a variety of Section 508 and WCAG 2.x compliance standards. Known exceptions:
Section 508 criteria | WCAG 2.x criteria | Exception description |
---|---|---|
501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) |
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 and 2.2) |
DropDownBox does not support Windows High Contrast themes. |
501 (Web)(Software) 504.2 (Authoring Tool) 602.3 (Support Docs) |
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) | The placeholder text color does not meet contrast criteria. |
11.5.2.5 Object information | 3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A) 3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA) 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A) |
The validation state and error message of DropDownBox are not pronounced when the control’s validation state changes or users change the text input. |
Keyboard Navigation
A user can use the following keys to interact with the DropDownBox component:
Key | Action |
---|---|
Alt + ↓ | Opens the drop-down field. |
Use the registerKeyHandler(key, handler) method to implement a custom handler for a key.
jQuery
function registerKeyHandlers () { const dropDownBox = $("#dropDownBoxContainer").dxDropDownBox("instance"); dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler("backspace", function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler("escape", function(e) { dropDownBox.option('opened', false); }); }
Angular
import { ..., ViewChild, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core'; import { DxDropDownBoxModule, DxDropDownBoxComponent } from 'devextreme-angular'; // ... export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit { @ViewChild(DxDropDownBoxComponent, { static: false }) dropDownBox: DxDropDownBoxComponent; ngAfterViewInit () { this.dropDownBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.dropDownBox.instance.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) { this.dropDownBox.instance.option('opened', false); }); } } @NgModule({ imports: [ // ... DxDropDownBoxModule ], // ... })
Vue
<template> <DxDropDownBox :ref="myDropDownBoxRef" /> </template> <script> import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import DxDropDownBox from 'devextreme-vue/drop-down-box'; const myDropDownBoxRef = 'my-drop-down-box'; export default { components: { DxDropDownBox }, data() { return { myDropDownBoxRef } }, computed: { dropDownBox: function() { return this.$refs[myDropDownBoxRef].instance; } }, mounted: function() { this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) { this.dropDownBox.option('opened', false); }); } } </script>
React
import React from 'react'; import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css'; import { DropDownBox } from 'devextreme-react/drop-down-box'; class App extends React.Component { constructor(props) { super(props); this.dropDownBoxRef = React.createRef(); } render() { return ( <DropDownBox ref={this.dropDownBoxRef} /> ); } get dropDownBox() { return this.dropDownBoxRef.current.instance(); } componentDidMount() { this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('backspace', function(e) { // The argument "e" contains information on the event }); this.dropDownBox.registerKeyHandler('escape', function(e) { this.dropDownBox.option('opened', false); }); } } export default App;
Screen Reader Support
The DropDownBox component supports screen readers and complies to WAI-ARIA standards. Known exceptions are listed in the Accessibility Standards Compliance topic.
To improve accessibility, use the inputAttr property to specify aria-label for the component. You do not need to specify aria-label
if you use label.
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